How the fuck are they "open"?
These guys and ClosedAI should be sued for misleading advertising.
Naming and shaming all "recurring spending models" where a one-time fee (or none at all) would be appropriate and logical.
Expect use of strong language.
Follow the basic rules of lemmy.world and common sense, and try to have fun if possible.
No flamewars or attacking other users, unless they're spineless corporate shills.
Note that not all subscriptions are awful. Supporting your favorite ~~camgirl~~ creator or Lemmy server on Patreon is fine. An airbag with subscription is irl Idiocracy-level dystopian bullshit.
New community rule: Shilling for cunty corporations, their subscriptions and other anti-customer practices may result in a 1-day ban. It's so you can think about what it's like when someone can randomly decide what you can and can't use, based on some arbitrary rules. Oh what, you didn't read this fine print? You should read what you're agreeing to.
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Louis Rossman's YouTube channel
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How the fuck are they "open"?
These guys and ClosedAI should be sued for misleading advertising.
Opensubtitles.com API is open and free. They are talking about Opensubtitles.org. People seem to really struggle when it comes to reading that 3rd sentence.
Open… for business!
Any service that is subscription based is dead to me. I've reached my breaking point.
Subscription based services are okay. You pay for water, electricity, maybe a gym membership....
What's not okay is that they paint it as "exciting news!"
Assholes.
Water should not be profit driven.
You're right. I guess I meant to say water distribution services. Utilities.
You pay for water, electricity, maybe a gym membership....
I don't think you should have to pay for any of this
Water and electricity are not subscription based.
Do you not make a monthly payment for water and power? If not, then where do you live so that I move there?
There's a difference between paying for usage and paying for access.
Although with all the fees added, most of what you pay isn't even usage anymore...
So I'm not super familiar with OpenSubtitles as an org.
Is the REST API a mostly viable alternative to the legacy API, or is it really shitty by comparison?
Is the new rest api free?