Title: Not newspapers or media services (though those can be annoying too), but products in general? It feels like it&#x27;s getting harder and harder to just buy something in the tech world, especially when it comes to running programs on my home computer. Want a password manager? It&#x27;s a SaaS now. Note taking app? SaaS. Image editor or office suite? SaaS (thanks Adobe...)<p>This is especially annoying given I generally refuse to rent anything in life, and will go out of my way to buy something upfront simply so there&#x27;s no risk of losing it if finances get worse in future (or the wrong billionaire buys the company). Yet it seems like it&#x27;s getting harder to do so, especially when open source products don&#x27;t exist for that domain.<p>So yeah, why is that? And is anyone else tired of the constant barrage of subscriptions for things that should be one off purchases?
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