It’s gatekept on the intelligence to use a computer in the 90s, but if you can do that, you can opt out of the subscription world. I’m not a total Luddite, I’ve got some smart lights in the house and modern TVs but it’s all firewalled from the internet entirely. They can’t spy on me as they don’t have a path to phone home.
I’ve been pretty open about my piracy rules of if it’s not worth my dollars it’s not worth my time. I don’t do subscriptions though. I will not subscribe to access movies, TV, games only while I still pay. It’s asinine. Either I can purchase it in such a way that it can’t be revoked or in most cases, I guess Steam excepted, it doesn’t get bought or consumed.
My biggest holes being Steam which I buy on as last resort, and my Xbox library, which is pretty much all things I bought before 2020 when I unsubscribed from the world. I’ll occasionally get a free trial of something but they won’t get my dollars. I’m very diligent about not accidentally forgetting to cancel such things. I’ve amassed quite a collection of physical movies and TV, mostly all older stuff, and I’ve recorded a lot of old sitcoms and westerns and such off OTA TV for nothing.
On the plus side, I also don’t spend much money, at least not in the required obligation sense. That’s my greatest financial strength is that my required monthly expenses are the same as about an average 25 year old but I don’t have to live like one to sustain it. It’s just that everything I have for the most part was a purchase not an agreement to make payments.
It’s gatekept on the intelligence to use a computer in the 90s, but if you can do that, you can opt out of the subscription world. I’m not a total Luddite, I’ve got some smart lights in the house and modern TVs but it’s all firewalled from the internet entirely. They can’t spy on me as they don’t have a path to phone home.
I’ve been pretty open about my piracy rules of if it’s not worth my dollars it’s not worth my time. I don’t do subscriptions though. I will not subscribe to access movies, TV, games only while I still pay. It’s asinine. Either I can purchase it in such a way that it can’t be revoked or in most cases, I guess Steam excepted, it doesn’t get bought or consumed.
My biggest holes being Steam which I buy on as last resort, and my Xbox library, which is pretty much all things I bought before 2020 when I unsubscribed from the world. I’ll occasionally get a free trial of something but they won’t get my dollars. I’m very diligent about not accidentally forgetting to cancel such things. I’ve amassed quite a collection of physical movies and TV, mostly all older stuff, and I’ve recorded a lot of old sitcoms and westerns and such off OTA TV for nothing.
On the plus side, I also don’t spend much money, at least not in the required obligation sense. That’s my greatest financial strength is that my required monthly expenses are the same as about an average 25 year old but I don’t have to live like one to sustain it. It’s just that everything I have for the most part was a purchase not an agreement to make payments.