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YouTube premium. Mostly for music but no-ads is nice.
I have the basic iCloud sub but it feels like a scam. I should at least get more storage if I buy more Apple products. If you have two devices your backups get too big for the free storage amount.
I offloaded a bunch of things from iCloud but it becomes a hassle for how cheap their subscription is.
NextCloud hosting, since I don't trust myself to do it safely.
BitWarden, 50/50 for the value and to support them.
Tuta.io, for the custom domain and extra storage.
Addy.io (or SimpleLogin)
Nebula, if the LG app was available where I live/on my TV (yeah, the household wants to use a spytv).
Uber Meats. Nothing but gabagool on demand.
But seriously, a VPN.
Proton Unlimited, Mullvad VPN and Kagi are all great. Standard Notes is a great app, too.
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ProtonMail, Nebula, Backblaze, Parcel, BigNews, Glass, my local paper, local coffee delivery.
I pay for Apple iCloud too but I'm trying to figure out how to get away from it.
Some that I use:
- Proton Unlimited, which gives me access to mail, storage and a VPN.
- Linode, I have a VPN which I use for selfhosting some things.
- Various domain names. They're actually cheaper than you think they are.
- Youtube Premium. I watch a lot of YouTube, and it helps creators.
- Discord Nitro. Begrudgingly.
- 1Password. Technically I don't pay for this, as I get it free as part of a plan from work, but I'd probably buy it when that runs out.
I'm kinda interested in watching streams more (to diversify my video watching habits), so am kinda curious about Twitch's ad-free premium plan thing as well...
Of course, there's also donations and patreon/subscribestar/ko-fi subscriptions, but I don't really consider those "subscription services".
Spotify and DropOut for me!
Just proton. VPN + drive + pass is great.
I think I’m gonna swap over to them once my nord runs out. Them or mullvad
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$50 a year to Starcraft Broodwar Patreon that casts Korean language games into English.
Inkarnate. It's a tool for making fantasy maps for those who haven't heard of it. I think they have an extremely reasonable price per year for it.
Signal Lemmy Pi-hole Bitwarden YouTube + a whole raft of creators
$20/year for Nintendo Switch Online. That's $20 more than it should be, but at least it's not nearly as expensive as the other consoles.
MullvadVPN, Posteo, Bitwarden, Hetzner VPS, Hetzner Storage Box, Porkbun domain
Dropout.tv
Tons of amazing original content, and very cheap.
Joined for Dimension 20, stayed for basically everything else.
I also really like Dropout. I will sub for a few months then put it on pause for a few months, so it's basically half price. The company allegedly treats its staff very well, they produce lots of good shows, very inclusive for queer, disabled, non-white etc people which I love. They also recommend password sharing and stopping your subscription if you can't afford / don't want any more. And all that obviously worked since I'm advertising for free for them 😂
My VPN.
Then I everything else for free.
Bring in the downvotes, but Spotify. I listen to music several hours a day, both old and new and it helps me discover lots of new music and even genres. For me personally, that's worth the money.
I feel the same. I like not having commercials in my music and being able to listen to a wide variety.
Also offline mode and list syncing. I would die on long flights if I didn't have music to listen to and my tastes change frequently.
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Disney+
I'm learning a language as a hobby and Disney+ BY FAR is the most consistent in having dubs and subs available in a variety of languages. I haven't actually watched anything that didn't have it (for the language I'm learning). Whereas most things on other streaming sites don't tend to have it at all unless it's a foreign film and that's the original language.
For me, it's easily worth the money just for that
Crunchyroll. Largest catalog I’ve seen and I don’t have to sail the seas for everything. Also enjoy all the dubs.
Apple One is expensive but my whole family uses it and the only offered service I don’t really use much is Apple News.
- Bitwarden
- Proton Mail/VPN
- Kagi
I'm still paying for kagi because I hope they succeed, but my god the results are fucking dogshit most of the time, especially if your two languages are French and English but you don't live in NA
Also WTF is the rating at the side of the results? If I put it down is that my rating for that site for any search, or my rating for that site for this particular search?
Can't find the answer to that anywhere
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I've been using Trade coffee for the last 2 years or so. The subscription basically amounts to free shipping.
The selection is good, and I get something new every time I order without having to go to multiple websites to see who has what in stock that I'd like.
I don't think their recommendations are that great, but the filter options make it easy to find something I am interested in.
Same. And the coffee is really really good
I donate about $5/month to a bunch of nonprofits that I benefit from.
- Debian project
- openbsd project
- wikimedia foundation
- EFF
- Internet Archive
My career wouldn’t exist without these folks, so it’s the least I can do.
Great selection. I feel if you have the means to do so, drop a few dollars their way each month. You'll likely spend more on a night out drinking anyway 😜.
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Amazon Prime; I run a business repairing things. I'm small enough that I can't afford to keep everything in stock for various makes/models. Getting it here quickly allows me to repair more machines faster. There are no places to get the parts I need locally.
A daily newspaper, a monthly computer science paper, internet, electricity, water, gas. That's probably it.
Protonmail, MullvadVPN
I subscribe to two podcast networks on patreon. I could listen for free, but I feel it's worth paying for the several hours a month of entertainment I get from them.
- Spotify: yes, you can download and set up your own music but spotify has a bunch of integrations that just work without any effort. I'm also using a student subscription (that will probably keep working forever) so it's not very expensive.
- Mobile contract: mobile data is expensive compared to other countries but at least my current ISP has coverage everywhere. Too bad everything else about the company sucks.
At the risk of being crucified, YouTube Premium.
Someones' gotta pay for it 😎
Same here. I'm mostly paying because at least some of the money goes to creators, and I don't want to have to constantly be fighting with the adblocker stuff. I watch a lot of youtube (perhaps more than is healthy) and realistically it does cost Google money to host it.
Same here. I use YouTube a lot so it's nice to have no ads, and the inclusion of YouTube Music is great and I've switched from Spotify because of it.
Same, I have the Family tier and it just makes sense. At 23/month if all 5 slots are filled it works out too $4.60/month/person.
No ads AND no hassle with this and that instance going down or that app being blocked or browser shannigans
I like having no commercials on something by legitimate means, and unlike most streaming services, the content stays there once it's there. For the hours we use it, it's still a hell of a deal.
I adblock and sail the seas, but Premium gives what it promises without any real hassle. We use it way more than we used Netflix or Disney+.
This is mine too. I use the hell out of it and YouTube music that comes with it. If we look at $/hr, then this is a no-brainer for me.
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Taxes. They pay fory wifes wage.
"Hello, IRS? Yes, I'd like to cancel my tax subscription, please."
With enough money you can.