Advertising spend has dried up and the shareholders are looking for growth. I don't mind paying for YouTube Premium but I get it much cheaper than that because I connect via VPN when I pay for it. I use Romania but other people recommend Turkey or Argentina or any of the other countries that are having issues with their currencies.

Sync is a remarkably well made app, I was delighted to see that announcement

It seems like an odd term for what you're describing. Shouldn't it be something like "Civic Detractors" or "Chaos Agents"?

Number 2 is a work of art, bravo

I got Ultra Lifetime when it launched 13 months ago, $35 as I recall. People who didn't go the "supportive" route paid $19 for that year. This rubs me up the wrong way even though I don't care about the money, it's not actual adversity or anything. Just doesn't sit well. Also paid the previous prices when the app launched many years ago

Absolute farce of a price

I'm confident that Claude.ai could do that in less than 5 minutes, given the transcripts

It's a symptom of the end of cheap money. It's fine to not turn a profit when the economy is bullish and there's money sloshing around everywhere, but at some stage you have to justify your existence, especially when advertisers stop buying ads, which has been the case for a while

There was Ultra "Lifetime" which I paid $35 for 13 months ago

I got the lifetime Ultra option for Reddit. I know this is a whole different thing but does it transfer? Seems like it was introduced about a year ago, maybe two? I'm planning on living longer than that and I don't want to end up thinking my energies were misplaced

$115, are you fucking mental!? I paid $35 for the "lifetime" option 13 months ago

$35. I paid for it 13 months ago

Going from $35 to $115 for the lifetime subscription is an absolute farce