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What are you surprised that people pay for, when there are free alternatives in existence? (kbin.melroy.org)

submitted 6 days ago by Soulifix@kbin.melroy.org to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I was going through my Wal-Mart+ subscription plan that I got for free and I saw their offers. One of which was EMeals, that was a 60-day trial. I thought that this was like Blue Apron or other meal delivery services so I thought I'd take a crack at it and hope that it would get me on a path to eat better.

Turns out, it's just a meal planner. And it's absurd to me why and how would anyone pay for something when there are countless and countless recipes and meal planners readily available for free. Who'd the fuck would want to pay for a planner? That's like paying for a calendar app.

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[–] whydudothatdrcrane@lemmy.ml 37 points 5 days ago (15 children)

Operating systems

[+] themurphy@lemmy.ml -12 points 5 days ago (12 children)

I know this sub, and basically most of Lemmy, are pro Linux. But honestly? It's not as good as Windows and macos for everyday folk. We are kidding ourselves.

It CAN do anything they can, but it's way too hard, and you might have to code your own drivers for some of it.

You pay for it to just work, and that's why I 100% get why you pay for an OS.

Note: I don't think anyone feel like they even pay for their OS, if it's not enterprise. It's preinstalled, nobody thinks further than that.

[–] neon_nova@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 5 days ago

Over 3 different computers, I have never not had some bug on windows after a clean install.

Stuff like, text inputs not working on sticky notes, screenshots not working, now I’m having driver issues where some windows flicker black rapidly. I need to do another fresh install to fix it.

I can’t even think of a single bug I’ve had using Linux. If it were not for a single piece of software not working on Linux by any means, I’d be using that.

The only games I’ve not had work on Linux straight away are games with anti-cheat, so I understand windows gamers using windows to play them, but otherwise Linux gaming has been basically flawless.

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