@claudius@darmstadt.social And, you don't have to sit through 10,000 commercial advertisements for crap you don't need, sold by companies who don't care and managed by people who don't give a shit about anything but themselves.

@claudius@darmstadt.social Alt Text: Question:"What's a subscription service that isn't total Bulls#!t?" Answer: "Library card."

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@claudius@darmstadt.social Damn right! Join a library 😀

@claudius@darmstadt.social You'd think so but Project2025 pioneers (aka UK Government) has managed to turn library membership into another checkpoint of BorderForceUK (at least in Birmingham). #Birmingham

@claudius@darmstadt.social And Costco

@claudius@darmstadt.social None, even our MPAQ News does that shit.

@claudius@darmstadt.social @thePB@mastodon.social No joke. And in the US at least (and probably elsewhere) a library card probably grants access to one or more free streaming services. Mine provides Kanopy, which is amazing. And free. https://www.kanopy.com/en

@claudius@darmstadt.social Went to a Steve Earle concert last week and he was talking about going to the library to do some research for a song he was writing. He said, "You remember the library - it's kinda like the internet except it's slower and most of it's true."

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@claudius@darmstadt.social yeah but afaik that doesn't need to be recharged every month or whatever. Where I live you just pay 1 euro to get the card and that's pretty much permanent, so long you don't lose it.