[10:15] schestowitz[TR2][10:15] schestowitz[TR2]Essentially, Adobe sees the fees associated with its subscriptions, even the ones that are predatory, as so important to its business that it cant get rid of them without severely bruising its stock market reputation. (The drug reference is just an added quirk.) This is the risk of subscription models, and yet they show up everywhere.
[10:15] schestowitz[TR2]Until now, though, subscriptions have remained tied to software or content. Oh, sure, you could argue that hardware often requires supplies that need to be frequently renewed, like printer ink. But the appeal of the $10/month subscription probably looks amazing to hardware companies that often have to win consumer interest based on the product alone, then support it for years after the fact, slow [10:15] schestowitz[TR2] ly eroding profits.
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[14:10] schestowitz[TR2][14:10] schestowitz[TR2]My early experience with the Titan wasn't a good one. The setup was rather messy, and there was a moment where I almost considered physically demolishing the device. Luckily, hard-earned and hard-spent money begets respect, and so I eschewed hardware-focused violence and went on with nerdy suffering instead, taming the laptop and its operating system to a usable state. Fast forward two lon [14:10] schestowitz[TR2] g-term reviews later, the Titan is a-OK.
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