Subj : Re: Proton
To   : poindexter FORTRAN
From : Adept
Date : Mon Mar 17 2025 02:03 pm

 pF> I also had one of those free Google Workspace accounts. They offered a
 pF> free 30-day upgrade to the paid version with more features and I took
 pF> it. There was no way to revert after the 30 days. Bastards.
 pF> 
 pF> I sense a pattern here.

Yeah, this is why I want to control my own stuff as much as possible. Starting with e-mail, where I control the domain and the server, and if MxRoute (a solid e-mail server provider) gets worse, all I have to do is point the domains elsewhere and the problem is solved.

And then I'm using LibreOffice, and so on. I should probably switch to Linux again, but there's a variety of stuff I haven't wanted to deal with.

Mind you, it _shouldn't_ be a problem, since I'm willing to pay for software, but Microsoft seems to be ever more anti-their-customers with Windows.

And same with anything that's a subscription. If there's a chance that it'll encrapify, even if it's currently free (as in beer), better to find a solution I control.

And things like streaming do seem like they're telling us that it's time to use Jellyfin (or Plex) more. And support creators that aren't bankrolled by the organizations selling products that are worse than the pirated equivalent.

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