Comments by "D. von N." (@D.von.N) on "Aperture" channel.

  1. I don't even bother to do free trials. I don't have time for it. I either explore the free alternatives or forget about it. They don't need my payment details. Even google app store doesn't have it. It always wants me to add it when I look for some app. I always skip it. Now spent months learning and practicing Linux, to get out of the Microsoft's claws. I feel liberated.
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  2. Happily escaping all subscriptions so far. TV is freeview, internet with adblocks, if articles are hidden behind a paywall, someone else covered that topic, too, or we have an AI that gives me some overview, minus the newest affairs. Radio is still free to listen to by air, even BBC with minimum ads, or I have many dozens GB of music in mp3 and newly encoded some of my old vinyls, too. One has only as much money to cover the bills, which also keep going up so less subscriptions become affordable for an average Joe. We are in a rip-off era, being fleeced like milking cows. Or we can turn the internet off and put a cd on, grab a book, or just watch birds at the bird feeder... We don't need to consume all this 💩, spiked with ads and sponsorships for even more 💩. Find a hoby, make something pretty. And don't forget to touch and smell the grass. There is a real life out there.
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