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OP in the OP:
I don't know what hexbear is other than another Lemmy instance. But often the comments from hexbear users cause me to frown and get a little disappointed in humanity making me think about blocking hexbear but IDK, still feeling it out and seeing if I get used to it.
Well, the USD is worth 15% less today than it was when the consoles launched. As such, keeping the price the same is the same as discounting it with a stable currency. The price today is the same as $425 at launch, so prices have come down we just don't see it reflected in the dollar price.
Guys! We found the person of legend! Someone who lives to work!
Who needs to relax? Just work all the time!
And non US citizens.
Having all the live versions of some songs is the best part for me. I love live recordings.
Actually I've had YouTube premium for a few years now and I love it! I use YouTube a lot, but I also then get YouTube Music which I also use A LOT because it's actually a really good music service.
Music plus ad free YouTube? Video/music background playing? All worth the money to me, and I'm helping keep a service I enjoy alive as YouTube still isn't profitable. Which also slows enshitification of another product I enjoy.
I want to help YouTube be profitable while I still like it, to
Is that because it's harder to notice?
I too dream of a world where we've moved on from capitalism to a socialist utopia like is in the United Federation of Planets, but we are not currently in that world. So until that time, we all have to earn a living to pay our landlords and feed ourselves.
For most things we are given a choice between ads or paying, and I almost always choose paying for no ads as I can't stand them either. But until developers can live without bills and only do work for free because they enjoy it, our choice remains pay for no ads or be served ads. So I paid for no ads.
I have billions of Zimbabwe dollars and I picked up litter for 2 hours a few weeks ago. So there's at least one!