What I can’t stand is when platforms don’t take no for an answer.

Every fucking visit to Dropbox: “Upgrade to Standard!”

Every check out on Amazon: "Upgrade to Prime!

Every time I open Walmart: “Upgrade to Walmart+”

I fucking can’t stand it.

Then use FOSS apps.
Atleast they kindly ask, NOT “BUY THE PAID VERSION OR FUCK YOU, NOTHING FOR YOU, GO TO HELL”.

Instead of looking for “free” look for “open source”

Very little pisses me off like downloading a ‘free’ app and immediately being hit with a paywall for a subscription without so much as a free trial. Those devs can go fuck themselves. Their app is NOT free and should not be marked as such.

Alternatively, shit like what Accuweather did also pisses me off. Years ago, they had a one time payment to remove ads permanently. I paid, because I like their service and didn’t mind kicking a few bucks their way to support development. A few months later, they introduced a sub model that locked many existing features behind a wall and started showing me ads again. I immediately uninstalled that shit, sent them a scathing email (which I recognize does nothing, but made me feel good), and found an alternative.

The behavior is actively endorsed by the platform.

I’m cool with paying a few bucks for an ad free version as long as it’s not a subscription. But it’s annoying that it’s often only available as an in-app purchase that doesn’t work without google play services.

Literally never experienced this. Try fdroid