Exciting news for who? Only the site owner is excited that a free resource now requires a subscription

“Yay! Now I have to pay another subscription! I’m so excited! Let’s celebrate with them!” - nobody

  • 6h0st_in_the_machin3@kbin.social
    1113·
    11 months ago

    Let’s be clear in one thing:

    • There’s no free lunches.

    That’s it. Everything in the Universe, including you, has a “price” on energy. Now outside of all crony-capitalism craziness, we should all consider having a open, distributed, fair price Internet and it’s resources.

    I’m calling Louis.

    • TWeaK@lemm.eeEnglish
      251·
      11 months ago

      Plenty of places provide free lunches. They’re still paid for, but they’re free at the point of service. Eg homeless shelters, Wikipedia.

      • recapitated@lemmy.worldEnglish
        32·
        11 months ago

        Yes but nobody owes you the maintenance of a centralized service.

        If the software and content is open source then the community can choose to take over for an org that doesn’t have the will power to keep a costly free-of-charge service running.

          • recapitated@lemmy.worldEnglish
            1·
            11 months ago

            I hear you. But it takes the will and dedication to do it, so it’s really not a life sentence to offer a proprietary service free of charge. Hopefully the people who need it most can find a better alternative.