I’ll start: printers.
I bought an HP in March 2020 when my job went remote and HP bricked it remotely after only 100 pages because I wouldn’t sign up for their subscription program. Ended up trashing a perfectly good printer.
Luckily my library’s close by and I can print there remotely.
Software, but full disclosure: I did go wild and spend £5 on Symfonium a few years back which I don’t grudge.
Hell yeah, and there’s so much great FOSS software, makes me wonder why I didn’t switch off paid subs for so many things sooner.
I donate to FOSS