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What's a service you’ve been using forever that hasn’t enshitified? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 1 week ago by Davy_Jones@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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We all know the struggle of beloved services slowly going downhill. What’s one service, tool, or website you’ve been using for years that’s still great and hasn’t turned to crap?

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[–] hexagonwin@lemmy.sdf.org 14 points 1 week ago (1 children)

foss stuff - slackware, seamonkey, emacs, keepassxc, fvwm, etc

nonfree stuff - xnview, wacup, winrar

websites - wallhaven, hackernews, etools

[–] ArchmageAzor@lemmy.world 15 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I want Winrar to sell merch with licenses included. I want an official "I bought Winrar and all I got was this dumb shirt" shirt.

[–] sunbeam60@lemmy.one 2 points 1 week ago

I’m still rocking a license from early 2000s

[–] hexagonwin@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 1 week ago

man i'd instantly get one! i'm still rocking an unlicensed copy.. kinda feel sorry for them. tho i use 7zip more recently