Exciting news for who? Only the site owner is excited that a free resource now requires a subscription

“Yay! Now I have to pay another subscription! I’m so excited! Let’s celebrate with them!” - nobody

  • Tag365@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1375·
    8 months ago

    Why is it called “OpenSubtitles” if you have to pay for it to use it in any capacity?

    • CosmicTurtle@lemmy.worldEnglish
      124·
      8 months ago

      Probably because anyone can contribute to it. But you have to pay to use them.

      Kinda like another website that recently made this change…

    • model_tar_gz@lemmy.worldEnglish
      70·
      8 months ago

      It’s “Open” in the same way that OpenAI is “Open”.

      “Open” ≠ “Open Source” or “Open Access”. It’s more like: “Open for Business”.

        • OprahsedCreature@lemmy.mlEnglish
          51·
          7 months ago

          According to Wikipedia, it’s a non profit with a for profit subsidiary. Interpret that how you will. Nothing shady or deceptive here.

          Anything involving software that uses the word “open” in its title should be legally required to be open source.