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<li><a href="updates/" style="color:#ff79c6">Updates</a></li>
<li><a href="other/" style="color:#ff79c6">Other</a></li>
</ul><p class="homepage-body">Read my (mostly) computing-related articles here.</p><ul class="posts">
<li><code class="code-posts">16/12/23</code> - <a style="color:#bd93f9" href="../subs/">The Subscription Trap</a></li>
<li><code class="code-posts">28/10/23</code> - <a style="color:#bd93f9" href="../icons/">Why I Removed All Icons</a></li>
<li><code class="code-posts">27/10/23</code> - <a style="color:#bd93f9" href="../electric/">Electric Cars Won't Take Over</a></li>
<li><code class="code-posts">19/10/23</code> - <a style="color:#bd93f9" href="../palestine/">Boycott These Israeli Companies</a></li>

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</a><hr/><p><a href="../../">sf.me</a> > <a style="color:#bd93f9" href="../../">Blog</a> > <a style="color:#ff79c6" href=".">Software</a></p>
<h1 class="homepage-heading"></a>Software</h1><p class="homepage-body">In this category, I post new software I find, information about current software or tricks that can be utilised in current software.</p> <ul class="posts">
<li><code class="code-posts">16/12/23</code> - <a style="color:#bd93f9" href="../../subs/">The Subscription Trap</a></li>
<li><code class="code-posts">22/09/23</code> - <a style="color:#bd93f9" href="../../ask/">Use AnySoftKeyboard</a></li>
<li><code class="code-posts">25/07/23</code> - <a style="color:#bd93f9" href="../../plaintext/">Use Plaintext</a></li>
<li><code class="code-posts">10/07/23</code> - <a style="color:#bd93f9" href="../../ovsk/">Oversimplification Kills</a></li>

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</a><hr/><p><a href="../../">sf.me</a> > <a style="color:#bd93f9" href="../../">Blog</a> > <a style="color:#ff79c6" href=".">Technology</a></p>
<h1 class="homepage-heading"></a>Technology</h1><p class="homepage-body">In this category, I post about my opinion and guides on technology.</p><ul class="posts">
<li><code class="code-posts">16/12/23</code> - <a style="color:#bd93f9" href="../../subs/">The Subscription Trap</a></li>
<li><code class="code-posts">27/10/23</code> - <a style="color:#bd93f9" href="../../electric/">Electric Cars Won't Take Over</a></li>
<li><code class="code-posts">09/09/23</code> - <a style="color:#bd93f9" href="../../forget/">Forget Your Passwords</a></li>
<li><code class="code-posts">31/07/23</code> - <a style="color:#bd93f9" href="../../uses/">Tools I Use</a></li>

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<p>To sum it up, I removed icons because they made my website look cluttered. Without them, my website is more readable and is easier for me to work on.</p>
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<pubDate>Thu, 16 Dec 2023 20:16:00 GMT</pubDate>
<description><p>If you browsed my website recently, you would have noticed that I removed all icons. There are many reasons for this change. The TLDR is that my love for quirky icons spiraled into flaming anger whenever I had to align them properly. I will go into more detail in this post.</p>
<h2 id="clutter">Clutter</h2>
<p>Icons cluttered my website. No matter how hard I tried, they never looked right on all devices at once. If it was working fine on desktop, it wasn&#39;t on mobile and vice versa. This led to hours trying to adjust the size and position of each icon to make sure they looked good which they never did.</p>
<h2 id="readability">Readability</h2>
<p>The last point ties into this one. The removal of icons led to clear lists, text and headings. I did not expect the website to look this much better without icons. This makes the website look consistent.</p>
<h2 id="easier">Easier</h2>
<p>Removing icons makes my job a whole lot easier. I don&#39;t have to worry about how an icon will look. I just copy-paste a folder and start typing away.</p>
<h2 id="conclusion">Conclusion</h2>
<p>To sum it up, I removed icons because they made my website look cluttered. Without them, my website is more readable and is easier for me to work on.</p>
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<h1>The Subscription Trap</h1>
<p style="font-size:110%">Posted on: <strong>16 December 2023</strong></p>
<p style="font-size:110%">Reading time: <strong><strong>2 min</strong>
<p style="font-size:110%"></strong>Category: <a style="color:#ff79c6" href="../blog/software/"><strong>Software</strong></a> && <a style="color:#ff79c6" href="../blog/technology/"><strong>Technology</strong></a></p>
<p>We all have at least one subscription. They lure us with convenience and the overwhelming amount of content. We cannot imagine life without them, but in this article, I am going to show you how you can live without them.</p>
<h2 id="monetary-hits">Monetary Hits</h2>
<p>Subscriptions are cheap on the face value. <em>"The price of a cup of coffee per month? That sounds like a steal!"</em> However, these are simply traps to get your money. The relative cheapness of subscriptions makes our brains take a mental shortcut to the time we bought our first subscription. This makes it trivial to keep subscribing to new services.</p>
<p>Humans are horrible at predicting and planning for the future. You may need a subscription now. You predict that you need it in the future. For most people, their prediction is wrong. The need for the subscription fizzles out, but the cost remains.</p>
<p>Our memory is on par with our planning. We forget that we have a subscription and have auto-pay enabled. Most of the time, we do not care if companies charge us for one more month because we feel like the amount is low anyways.</p>
<h2 id="time-lost">Time Lost</h2>
<p>The prime merit of subscriptions can also be its negative. The amount of content available on video streaming subscriptions like Netflix and Amazon Prime Video causes you to spend more time scrolling than actually watching content.</p>
<p>Also, have you ever felt the guilt of buying a subscription, only to feel like you are not using it enough? How many hours have you wasted on random movies and shows just to make it feel like you are getting your money's worth?</p>
<h2 id="prevention">Prevent, Don't Cure</h2>
<p>If you really need a subscription this month, renew it and cancel it immediately. That way, it will stop working the next month. If you need it the next month, renew it again and so on. When doing this process, really take the time to think if you need the subscription or not. Perhaps you subscribed for a month to watch movies with your friends during your holidays, which are now over.</p>
<h2 id="conclusion">Conclusion</h2>
<p>All in all, I don't like subscription-based products which includes SaaS as well. They are massive money and time sinks. You should try avoiding them as much as possible by assessing if you really need them or not.</p>
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\section[The Subscription Trap]{The Subscription Trap}\label{the-subscription-trap}
\textbf{16 December 2023}
\textbf{Category: }Software \& Technology
We all have at least one subscription. They lure us with convenience and
the overwhelming amount of content. We cannot imagine life without them,
but in this article, I am going to show you how you can live without
them.
\hypertarget{monetary-hits}{%
\subsection{Monetary Hits}\label{monetary-hits}}
Subscriptions are cheap on the face value. \emph{"The price of a cup of
coffee per month? That sounds like a steal!"} However, these are simply
traps to get your money. The relative cheapness of subscriptions makes
our brains take a mental shortcut to the time we bought our first
subscription. This makes it trivial to keep subscribing to new services.
Humans are horrible at predicting and planning for the future. You may
need a subscription now. You predict that you need it in the future. For
most people, their prediction is wrong. The need for the subscription
fizzles out, but the cost remains.
Our memory is on par with our planning. We forget that we have a
subscription and have auto-pay enabled. Most of the time, we do not care
if companies charge us for one more month because we feel like the
amount is low anyways.
\hypertarget{time-lost}{%
\subsection{Time Lost}\label{time-lost}}
The prime merit of subscriptions can also be its negative. The amount of
content available on video streaming subscriptions like Netflix and
Amazon Prime Video causes you to spend more time scrolling than actually
watching content.
Also, have you ever felt the guilt of buying a subscription, only to
feel like you are not using it enough? How many hours have you wasted on
random movies and shows just to make it feel like you are getting your
money\textquotesingle s worth?
\hypertarget{prevention}{%
\subsection{Prevent, Don\textquotesingle t Cure}\label{prevention}}
If you really need a subscription this month, renew it and cancel it
immediately. That way, it will stop working the next month. If you need
it the next month, renew it again and so on. When doing this process,
really take the time to think if you need the subscription or not.
Perhaps you subscribed for a month to watch movies with your friends
during your holidays, which are now over.
\hypertarget{conclusion}{%
\subsection{Conclusion}\label{conclusion}}
All in all, I don\textquotesingle t like subscription-based products
which includes SaaS as well. They are massive money and time sinks. You
should try avoiding them as much as possible by assessing if you really
need them or not.
\end{document}

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