The Subscription Trap Nobody Wants You to Add Up It’s only $16.99 a month. That’s what they tell you. And they’re right. It IS only $16.99 a month. Until you multiply it by twelve. Then it’s $203.88 a year. And then you remember the music subscription, the streaming service, the cloud storage, the software subscription,…
Confessions of a Reformed Corporate IT Guy I have a confession to make. It’s not something I’m particularly proud of, but I believe in being honest with people. And since we’re going to be spending some time together here at Open Source Outlaw, I figure you deserve to know the truth. Before there was the…
The Microsoft Publisher Story and the Problem with Letting Somebody Else Control Your Digital Life I’ve got a question. Actually, I’ve got a lot of questions. But today, we’re going to start with one. WHY? Why do we keep allowing technology companies to make decisions that turn our perfectly functioning software into something we suddenly…
