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Peacock, NBCUniversal's streaming service, has raised prices by 18% after achieving its first quarterly profit, with plans to invest in sports content to sustain growth.
Perplexity's free AI subscription offer through Airtel resulted in millions of new users in India, testing whether such giveaways can drive lasting revenue in emerging markets.
TreeSize will no longer renew support for perpetual licenses unless users subscribe to a maintenance plan, sparking backlash over the shift to subscription-based pricing.
A longtime Photoshop user details his frustration with Adobe's Creative Cloud subscription, declining software quality, and eventual decision to uninstall Photoshop in 2026, citing viable alternatives.
Argues that OpenAI and Anthropic will not survive long term because big tech companies like Google, Microsoft, and Apple have larger ecosystems and can offer better free tiers, similar to Dropbox's decline.
An analysis of why the smart home bubble burst, tracing problems from IoT device abandonment and subscription fatigue to the complexity of local solutions like Home Assistant, and noting that true AI-driven intelligence remains elusive.