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Subscriptions are O(n)
One time purchases are O(1)
You want O(1)..
a subscription to a service
XisO(n), wherenis for how long you keep that service.instead purchasing the content provided by
Xindividually, isO(m), wheremis how much content you buy.if in one subscription term, you would spend more purchasing individual content than one subscription fee to
X, it is financially more efficient to useX.however, this assumes you will only consume a piece of content once, and dont care about having a physical/true copy of it.
a
O(1)scenario would be like a lifetime subscription toX.ps: i am fully on the side of owning media, and i have no idea if this comment is actually true, it just sounds smart :-)