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Now I’ve found <a href="https://cgit.chrisoft.org/web.git/">the perfect use for it</a>. I -create the git repository right in <code>/var/www/html</code> on my -local server. The remote server has a post-receive hook that -automatically pulls in the document root. Any volatile large files are -moved to a new virtual host <code>filestorage.chrisoft.org</code> and -kept in sync with <code>rsync</code>.</p> -<p>The site also underwent a major cleanup. Many legacy stuff got either -removed or relocated.</p> -<p>Generally this means you should experience major speedup visiting -this site. If, however, you are exeriencing problems, please do not -hesitate to contact me.</p> -<p>The reverse proxy is now moved to <code>rp.chrisoft.org</code>. It’s -not yet accessible at the time of writing because my local server is -hidden super stealthily under multiple layers of NAT.</p> -<h2 id="tocanch1" class="tvis">An Eruditus -from Waseda and An Illiterate in China</h2> -<p>Everyone except me has made significant progress.</p> -<p>I was actually shocked to learn that he’s now majoring in something -related to aviation machinery.</p> -<p>Shame on me, I guess.</p> -<h2 id="tocanch2" class="tvis">A world in which everyone -can program</h2> -<p>I shall probably quit programming and move on by then.</p> -<h2 id="tocanch3" class="tvis">The world of smartphone…</h2> -<p>… is now a wasteland. Literally all flagship models are mutants from -the Chernobyl exclusion zone.</p> -<h2 id="tocanch4" class="tvis">Googlephobia</h2> -<p>Shit. They are probably also watching me writing this.</p> -<p>Thanks to (?) the GrandeFreakWitless, my reliance on Google is not -that strong – nope. It’s actually my general fear and distrust of those -tech giants.</p> -<p>My fear was magnified by my recent findings of just how much Google -knows about me – they probably know me better than myself; and again by -Louis Rossmann <a id="n1" href="#note1" class="note">[1]</a>.</p> -<p>When those Google fanboys are still enjoying the great convenience -they provide, I’m already planning to flee from Google. It’s probably -just me being hyperallergic, but it also could be Google doing something -really unfair to their users.</p> -<h2 id="tocanch5" class="tvis">Software Subscription Model -Sucks</h2> -<p>Reading through Roland Cloud’s product page triggers me everytime: I -sincerely cannot figure out why they make it a subscription service -rather than a one-time purchase (with a fee for each upgrade).</p> -<p>Usually people subscribe for:</p> -<ul> -<li>Publication or media services, e.g. television, newspapers and -magazines. These services provide frequently updated information to the -subscriber.</li> -<li>Physically consumable material, such as dairy product.</li> -</ul> -<p>Roland Cloud falls into neither of these two categories. It’s not -updated as frequent, and it’s certainly not physically consumable. The -most triggering detail is that if you end your subscription, you will -not be able to use any of the products you previously owned, which is -ridiculous because you can always keep older issues of a newspaper even -you unsubscribed from it.</p> -<p>Supporters of the subscription model may reject me saying ‘if you can -get access to everything when you join and keep it after unsubscribing, -you are essentially purchasing it with ultra-low price’, which brings up -my next point: Roland Cloud’s subscription model is flawed from the -beginning:</p> -<ul> -<li>Get everything on subscribe: this differs from traditional -subscription a lot, which seems a great bounty to the customer. But it -causes problems such as …</li> -<li>Lose everything on unsubscribe: this is <em>very</em> unfair to the -subscriber and makes short-term subscription worth almost nothing. For -example if I just want Sound Canvas VA really badly, I would imagine -subscribing shortly before its release and unsubscribe after I’m -eligible for keeping the product permanently. But this is simply not -possible.</li> -<li>Weird pricing. To be honest the current pricing is pretty fair for -long-term subscribers. But if Roland somehow decided to fix the ‘lose -everything on unsubscribe’ problem (which is very unlikely to happen), -the pricing would become super complex: they probably do not want people -to keep a virtual TB-303 for just $19.99.</li> -<li>Potentially unsustainable. Every good thing must come to an end. The -most attractive products in Roland Cloud is the software models of -Roland’s synthesizers from its golden years. But Roland will run out of -models to recreate one day. What would Roland do by then? Release -everything as a one-time purchase so that every long-term subscriber -feels ripped off?</li> -</ul> -<p>I’m an absolute supporter of Roland releasing authentic-sounding -digitialized version of their legendary synthesizer models. But their -subscription model pisses me off so hard. I know it’s not a big deal for -a professional producer. However this is a real deal-breaker for -amateurs such as me.</p> -<p>Unfortunately there’s no real competitors out there when things come -to reproducing their own synthesizers. Also a little bit off-topic: the -music producing industry deserves more high quality free (as in freedom) -software.</p> -<p>Now let’s move on and talk about Office 365 by Microsoft and Creative -Cloud from Adobe. They bundles software with value-add services such as -e-mail service and (optinal) creativity material. IMHO these products -they are trying to turn into a service resemble a tool, such as a -screwdriver, rather than an apartment that people actually go for -renting instead of purchasing.</p> -<p>Paying a monthly fee for a screwdriver makes absolutely no sense. -That said, I would stick with my plain old screwdriver, rather than that -shiny gold-plated screwdriver with 10 heads which I will lose whenever I -stop paying them. <strong>Green is my pepper.</strong></p> -<p>The purpose of this entire rant is to remind the reader of just how -many ways proprietary software vendors could come up with to screw their -users up. What they care the most has always been money and this will -simply not change any time soon. Get ready for more!</p> -</article> -</div><br><hr> - <div class="TText" id="notediv" style="font-size:80%;"><span class="TText"><a id="note1" href="#n1">[1]</a>: <a href="https://vimeo.com/329297480">link to -video</a><br></span></div> - <div id="insanch" style="height:3em;"></div> - <div id="footer" style=""> - <div id="pagesw" class="TText" style="width:100%;height:0.5em;"></div> - <div style="text-align:center;" class="TText"> - Proudly powered by SSBS <reduced style="font-size:70%;">(the static stupid blogging system)</reduced> 2.5 - <br> - Content licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. <span id="purgep" style="display:none;font-size:70%;">This page has passphrase(s) stored. 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