“What we didn’t know is that everything beyond the basic workout controls is locked behind an iFit subscription, even streaming services you already pay for.”
Crawler757, on reddit.com ↗
iFIT wants $15 a month before a treadmill screen will show you the Netflix you already pay for. Treadmill Home swaps in a home screen with no login, no ads and no membership nags.
FlightConnections bills $39.99 a year to show you where the planes go. FSAtlas plots 170,000 real routes on your own server and bills nobody.
“It's designed for flight simmers, virtual airline pilots, and aviation hobbyists who want realistic route inspiration for their next flight with powerful filters for MSFS, X-Plane, or Prepar3D without needing a paid subscription like FlightConnections.”
Spotify rationed the free tier to six skips an hour, so Listune plays the MP3s you already own, from your disk, S3 or Google Drive. Skips: unlimited.
“In a d*ck move Spotify decided to impose restrcitions in their free version that they have for the rest of the world: 6 skips per hour, no add to queue, only shuffly playback and tons of annoying ads (earlier it was 1 ad per 30 mins).”
Unplug Alarm makes you upgrade to guard your own laptop. Yowl screams, locks the screen and pings your phone when someone grabs your MacBook, and upgrades are not a thing.
“A free alternative to apps like Unplug Alarm, which has paid upgrades.”
Built something because a company wanted your credit card for a feature that fits in a single file? That's spiteware. Submit it and join the hall of fame.
