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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

People not coprotations.

In other words, things like Patreon or FOSS projects, where you subscribe to a "person/small group" to support whatever they do.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

So far I have yet to have many problems with the cheapest ProtonVPN plan, which I think it roughly $9.99USD a month. Their Linux application is nowhere near as nice looking as the winblows application, but at least it works.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago

Monthly Donation to Lemmy Dev or to your favorite FOSS dev.

You know why!

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

http://404media.co

Outstanding journalism from four independently-minded journalists doing their own thing.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

Thanks for sharing, looks great.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago

My own domain name, on which I host a whole array of services (such as this Lemmy server). Bitwarden is also cool, I pay for it even tho I self host it to support development. But even if one doesn't self host, it's still worth it. Only 10€ per year for such an epic service. A VPS at Hetzner is definetly worth it. A relatively cheap service for all the stuff you can do on it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Deutschlandticket JugendBW. It's the Deutschlandticket for students in bw for 1€ a day. It is a single ticket for every public transportation (bus, tram, train, ...) expect the long-distance trains.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 week ago

That's a good deal!

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 week ago

PBS, specifically the Passport that you can get through your local PBS. You get tons of content and you support public broadcasting

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Volumio - Multiroom audio service. You install the os on a pi and hook up some speakers. The basic streamer is free for local files on a single device at a time. I paid $200 for a lifetime pass a few years ago. That gets you multiroom synced audio like Sonos and lets you add in streaming services.

Qobuz - Music streaming service. Much higher quality than Spotify, no shitty MQA like Tidal. They will have articles diving into a genre, band or record label with links to notable albums. It's "station" playlists and similar artist recommendations are garbage but I'm more of an album person.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Never heard of Qobuz. Been looking to replace yt music. Their algorithm is trash.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago

Ugh I miss play music. It was such a good service. YT music was a joke as a replacement.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Fyi, Tidal dropped MQA in July and moved to using FLAC. https://www.headphonesty.com/2024/06/tidal-officially-dumps-mqa/ I like Qobuz too, and I support and encourage their mission in the streaming world. But personally I find more of my favourite artists are available on Tidal than on Qobuz. Unfortunately I find the tidal "station"-style playlists are also garbage. Nobody has a chance to effectively compete with Spotify's algorithm on that front.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

I like Qobuz, but it's worth noting Tidal has discontinued their usage of MQA in favour of FLAC across the board.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

I've never heard of Qobuz before but just signed up for the 30 day trial. Thank you!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Having my Nextcloud instance for file storage, podcast, syncing my phone and photos, etc.

Tidal for music is 10x better than Spotify if you need music streaming. Otherwise buy albums on bandcamp.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Just tried free version of Pycharm and definitely going to pay for it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

I have been paying jet brains for years for pycharm and will continue to for maybe forever.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)
  • A privacy-respecting mail service: I use mailbox.org since it follows email standards, but I think many ppl like Proton mail/Tutanota. Recommend because they are privacy-respecting, and self-hosting email is way too difficult
  • More of a yearly subscription per-se, but a personal domain from any domain registrar. Recommend because why not? There are so many cool things one can do with a domain: custom email, your own blog, professional website for job, ...
  • A VPS from Linode (or any reliable provider). Recommend because some things are better done on a VPS... and I want a public-facing IP that is not directly from my bedroom
  • I used to have subscriptions to the local arcade. Recommend because I basically get cardio workout on the DDR machine (and it costs less than a gym. And easier to cancel)
[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 week ago

Protonmail is great, it comes with cloud storage, a really good password manager, and a very fast VPN. The linux experience is mid for their apps, but great on MacOS or Windows.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 week ago

public library

here the subscription fee for one year is about as expensive as a single book.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I have two:

  • di.fm for all your electronic genres music needs (with bonus rock, classical and jazz streams).
  • Kagi for a search engine that actually tries to give you proper results.
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Been listening to digitally imported since the winamp days! Never subscribed though. Good stuff!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Yeah, they've been around for ages and are still excellent. I'm also very glad they still support actual audio streams and don't require some stupid app.

(No affiliation just a happy customer.)

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I use the app haha I play it in my car during my commute.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

Ha, you do you.. But I'm glad they have alternative means to enjoy the streams.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Proton Mail. High quality mail service where they don't mine your emails for data to sell. It's like 4-5 bucks a month depending on how you pay and it's been worth every penny.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

They are always giving you goodies as a bonus for being a subscriber. I second the proton subscription

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

Dropout and MeansTV

Dropout is a mostly improv streaming service, very high quality entertainment and a chemistry between performers only seen between people who love each other, it's like watching a friend group of very prepared comedians. It's about 6 bucks a month and password sharing is encourages

MeansTv is a worker owned streaming service aiming to provide information and entertainment tailored for a class conscious audience, it's mostly documentaries but they're really good and i've seen many ideas from all the left spectrum, it's about 10 bucks a month

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Sam Reich is the goat

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago

Love the content from MeansTV!

https://means.tv/

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 week ago

Having your own domain is pretty cool, even if it's just a single page with some text and links to social media profiles.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

More like a yearly subscription, but Down Dog. Keeps me active and I never get bored with them because the app is very customizable!

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Do you do the yoga or which classes do you do?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

I only use it for yoga, but a friend also uses it for meditation and rotations

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