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www.linkedin.comI'm hoping that Oxford University Press's IT folks can fix this seemingly new issue for some of us #freelance #MedicalEditors who are longtime subscribers (personal subscription) to the press's… | Katharine O'Moore-Klopf, ELSI'm hoping that Oxford University Press's IT folks can fix this seemingly new issue for some of us #freelance #MedicalEditors who are longtime subscribers (personal subscription) to the press's online version of the 11th edition of the 𝘈𝘔𝘈 𝘔𝘢𝘯𝘶𝘢𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘚𝘵𝘺𝘭𝘦. Here is how one of my colleagues described the issue: "When I input a #search #term, I get results as I normally do. But clicking on a result just brings me to the table of contents. The problem is happening with both Chrome (my usual browser) and Edge, which I’d never used on this computer. "I emailed Oxford University Press (the owners), and they told me to clear the cache and cookies. I did so, but it didn’t fix the problem." After reading her description, I logged in to the manual of style under my subscription, and I experienced the same problem. Help, please, OUP?
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And it's not like people and espechally businesses are unwilling to pay for good tools, cuz not only is HootSuite still around, but @tapbots, who made the excellent TweetBot nowadays make @ivory, an excellent #ActivityPub client with focus on #Mastodon that people are willing to pay a #subscription for!

  • And from what I could see from users who pay for it, they are not just happy, but it also looks and feels better than #TweetDeck in it's golden days...

tapbots.com/ivory/

tapbots.comTweetbot. April 2011 - January 2023An award-winning Twitter Client for iOS.

The ‘Click-to-Cancel’ Rule Was Killed, but Consumer Advocates Could Revive It

A US court scrapped a rule requiring a simple method for canceling recurring #payments. Experts are hopeful regulators will revisit the issue and ease consumers' rage over “subscription traps.”
#subscription #trap #clicktocancel #click2cancel

wired.com/story/ftc-click-to-c

WIRED · The ‘Click-to-Cancel’ Rule Was Killed, but Consumer Advocates Could Revive ItBy Reece Rogers

Anything written before 2023 will have less #enshittification. However, nothing beats the '80s. Probably the peak of #software development, everything was tight and clean. Yeah it might not have a lot of bells and whistles, but it works every time. I turn it on, there's no #AI, there's no asking me to pay a #subscription, there's no internet connection required, no goddamn #advertisements. I open a word processor and I fucking type.

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@ml I've heard of #RustDesk, but lets just say the whole "it's not #SaaS!" when it clearly is a #subscription #licensing scheme is kinda off-putting to me...
rustdesk.com/pricing/?lang=en

That doesn't mean they are bad - far from it.

I just use #Dayon because it's very easy to walkthrough #TechIlliterates when it comes to getting #RemoteSupport up and running with them.

RustDeskPricingRustDesk offers an open-source remote desktop solution with self-hosted server options. Perfect TeamViewer alternative for secure, private, and customizable remote access. Explore our professional on-premise licenses.

Seriously, if I was #LinusSebastian of #LinusTechTips I'd literally choose to #donate the cost of a #TeamViewer #subscription to #FLOSS #RemoteDesktop projects like #Dayon instead and sue TeamViewer into upholding their contract or a full refund with interest as if it was a loan because clearly they chose violate that contract on their own terms and initiative!

youtube.com/watch?v=RT1t1JlZug

And yes, Dayon! is awesome and I can fully recommend this as an alternative to TeamViewer, #AnyDesk, etc.

retgal.github.io/Dayon/

  • For any system that needs Remote Access as unattended I'd recommend to setup a #VPN or at least a Reverse-#SSH connection anyway so one can launch something like Dayon! by just sending a single command and have #RemoteDesktop access on-demand.

So yeah, TeamViewer literally shot themselves in the foot here by deciding to shaft paying customers who were able and willing to pay the absurd prices you asked for for a one-time license.

  • Also whilst TeamViewer does OFC maintain some infrastructure, most what they do is basically run a "rendrevous"-Server to allow two endpoints behind NATs to connect to each other and exchange details to make UPnP-style hole-punching work.

That's traffic in the single-digit megabytes per year and client, as there's not much between as clients pinging their server and basically boing some simple handshakes.

  • And as Linus said it's not his problem if they gotta have to keep systems up and running in perpetuity. They offered that deal and now they have to suffer through it! By paying the obligations are on to TeamViewer to make it work and continue to make it work!

Also if I'm on a #LAN why would I want to use TeamViewer and not any #VNC (or god forbid #RDP) server? THE WHOLE POINT OF USING TeamViewer, AnyDesk, etc. IS TO NOT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT NATs, FIREWALLS AND IP-ADDRESSES AND JUST GET CONNECTED FFS!!!

  • Personally I use #Remmina and Dayon, but that's because Remmina is comfortable even for SSH and can do that as well as RDP & VNC and Dayon is just the simple option I can walktrough people that need #TechSupport #remote|ly for a quick hands-on...

Definitely my recommendation because it also allows for any use-cases and doesn't nag one to "buy a license!"

  • So please someone please let #Linus know about Dayon so he can do a "TeamViewer alternatives" video...
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@mrchrisadams @bert_hubert @randahl it is possible they loose the interest, after under-investing in proper training and support of the staff, and return to the Microsoft 365 #subscription

But at least they try!

Otherwise I feel like a part of the branding and marketing of the big #cloud scalers is to over-promise and under-deliver (hey just wait for your software-update in 10 years™️ is ready), something open-source projects can not consciously do.