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I always just create a virtual number through my CC, set the maximum to $1, and have it expire within a couple months. Works like a charm.

If you don't have a card that allows that, you can also buy a prepaid card, though I believe such cards may have distinctive numbers and it's possible a vendor may disallow.

Patreon, for example, will not accept a pre-paid card.

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I am not quite sure why people don't grasp that it's an annual plan for really expensive software. "Annual plan, billed monthly" is about as easy as it's going to be in four words on a button or by a button. If you could rent it for just a month now and then, wouldn't you only rent it in the months you need it? They make it so you can't. There's a solution: DON'T USE IT. Ask yourself seriously: what is it you want to…

> Ask yourself seriously: what is it you want to do that the Affinity Suite (which costs about, what, £150 and then £20 each for the two iPad apps) cannot do for you.

I tried to open a raw image and it didn't seem to process the XMP sidecar file I had alongside it properly. The photo looks quite different from what it looks like in Photoshop. This is despite the fact that I can confirm via Process Monitor that it actually does actually read the XMP file. It just seems to ignore the contents for some reason.

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I use https://privacy.com/ for this. One of the best discoveries I found on hn a few years ago

Looks like it’s US-only. I haven’t been able to find a service like this that supports Australian users, so looking for suggestions!

wise also offer virtual cards, which works in NZ, possibly in Aussie too? https://wise.com/nz/virtual-card/

Re: Adobe tricks users into a 12 month contract

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

If you don't have a card that allows that, you can also buy a prepaid card, though I believe such cards may have distinctive numbers and it's possible a vendor may disallow.

I use https://privacy.com/ for this. One of the best discoveries I found on hn a few years ago

The “personal” plan is free. I’m always cautious with free things that use my personal data - if you're not paying for the product, you are the product.

How are they able to keep this free?

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Now, see, I've been using Photoshop (and Premiere, and After Effects, and...) for all my life, and yet I've somehow never had this problem. Haven't had to pay a single cent, in fact.

With each new headline like this, I feel more and more satisfied in my decision. Why pay more money than you have to for the exact same service? Worse service, even - I don't have to bother with the DRM nonsense.

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Just yesterday, on a local streaming platform that has a series that I want to watch I was offered "7 days free". Great, I can watch the accumulated episodes and if I still feel like watching the new ones that come weekly I can keep the subscription, right? Nope, the "7 days free" wasn't a a trail but 7 extra days when you purchase a full year subscription. I was considering to get a monthly subscription to try it ou…

Sorry, but I need to point this out: The word is "trial", not "trail". The consistent misspelling really hindered reading flow for me.
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