> > Now I'm growing my book collection instead. No subscriptions, DLC or microtransactions for those at least

> No subscriptions, DLC, or microtransactions... yet.

Hopefully not the future: https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/right-to-read.en.html

Technically, 150 years ago novels were actually born out of subscriptions - to the magazines and newspapers that would publish their serialised chapters, effectively funding production of a book at later stage.