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Thank You Europeans!

Thank You Europeans!
The corporate brain trust strikes again! When game studios hit that sweet 1M milestone, executives immediately start plotting how to milk more cash from their success. Subscription models? Public statements of empty promises? Or maybe—gasp—actually listening to players? The last guy suggesting they "stop killing games" gets yeeted out the window faster than a junior dev who asks about work-life balance. Because heaven forbid we maintain something that works instead of chasing the next quarterly profit high. European players are the real MVPs though—they're the ones who keep demanding consumer rights while the rest of us just accept our fate and open our wallets.

Subscription Rebellion: Developer Edition

Subscription Rebellion: Developer Edition
That moment when your credit card statement hits $300/month for software subscriptions and you suddenly transform into a digital Robin Hood. Developers spending 8 hours figuring out how to bypass paywalls instead of paying $9.99 for a service is peak optimization. The irony? We're probably using pirated tools to build software that we hope nobody pirates. It's not about saving money—it's about sending a message to the 37 SaaS companies who all decided "monthly recurring revenue" was more important than selling actual products. Bonus points if you've ever written a script to auto-cancel free trials before they charge you!

Corporations Are Not Your Friends

Corporations Are Not Your Friends
That cute open-source project with 10k GitHub stars? Just wait until BigTech acquires it and slaps a $49.99/month "enterprise" tier on features that used to be free. Remember when MongoDB changed their license because AWS was eating their lunch? Or when Docker suddenly needed to "monetize" after years of free containers? The corporate circle of life: embrace, extend, extinguish... and extract your credit card info. The only relationship these companies want is with your wallet.