I’m usually against subscription services, but there are a few I use that I think provide enough value to justify the cost. Are there subscriptions you think are worth the money for you?

  • QualifiedKitten@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago
    • A seed box (Whatbox). I’m paying USD 15/month, and they’ve actually upgraded my storage and bandwidth twice now without any price increases. I think I’ve been using that for roughly 10 years now. At this point, it’s cheaper than any single streaming service, while allowing me access to basically every TV show and movie ever produced, and I can easily share my library with friends via Plex. Now that I have *aars, it’s very little effort to keep up with my favorite shows.
    • Whatever the YouTube music thing is called now. I signed up when it was brand new, and while I occasionally consider going back to piracy for music, it’s just not worth the effort for me these days, but I am extremely opposed to ads.
    • Amazon Prime. I should probably cancel, but I don’t have a car and definitely utilize the same day delivery quite often.
    • Housing. Do mortgage payments & HOA fees count as subscriptions? Lol. I definitely get a lot of value out of housing, and appreciate the fact that I don’t have to wonder if my landlord is going to renew my lease each year.
  • kitnaht@lemmy.worldBanned
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    9 months ago

    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.

  • NOT_RICK@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    9 months ago

    Apple One is expensive but my whole family uses it and the only offered service I don’t really use much is Apple News.

    • linearchaos@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      9 months ago

      I’ve been trying to unravel my Google workspace for months now to head toward proton. I’ve signed up for so many things that use my workspace for auth

  • Makeitstop@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    9 months ago

    Ground News because I want to see what’s going on in news across the media spectrum and they make it a lot easier.

    Discord nitro classic because I don’t have a better alternative and I get the features I actually need at half the price I’d pay for the normal subscription.

    A VPN because none of your goddamn business.

  • 2ugly2live@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    I know this is the “wrong answer,” but YouTube. I watch it a lot, and mostly on my PS in the evenings. If I only watched it in my phone or PC, I wouldn’t bother.

    I also pay for Spotify for my mom and I, and ProtonVPN/Mail for myself. Oh, and PS+, which I still think is bullshit. 🙄

    • SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml
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      9 months ago

      It’s only a ‘wrong answer’ because people here downvote on an ideological basis. If it works for you, then it’s okay 👍

  • Meldrik@lemmy.wtf
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    9 months ago

    If you can get 5 people for the Apple One Family plan, it’s worth it.

    • Apple Music
    • Apple TV+
    • Apple Arcade
    • iCloud+
  • 211@sopuli.xyz
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    9 months ago

    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).

  • 10_0@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    Logseq sync, need it for work, and its only £3.74 (5 cows for the Americans). Tried proton VPN plus as well, too expensive for me being £8.38, but its fine because their free tier is generous and I can do video calls with plus aswell. Food is also a good subscription, you can find food shops everywhere with great variety, but the price of the overall spend is higher, but if you buy high volume low cost food you can combat this price increase; some people like to spend extra and add alcohol to their subscription, but i don’t see the appeal unless its liquor shots like Apple sour or Baileys, because they taste good.