Zero for me. No Netflix or anything here, I’m not into subscription based services.

But if you do have subscription based services, what might be the better ones out there?

  • CubitOom@infosec.pubEnglish
    27·
    9 天前

    Anna’s Archive, VPN, Search Engine, Email Host, Server Hosting, I also do automated scheduled donations to FOSS and Fediverse projects if that counts.

    I’d much rather pay for a service that doesn’t log or share my data with advertisers than use a free service which treats me as a product to sell to advertisers. Sometimes that means self hosting and sometimes self hosting is cheaper or easier to scale or do offsite, even if simply collocating.

  • owenfromcanada@lemmy.ca
    16·
    9 天前

    Domain names and webhosting, the Proton suite, Ente (photos), and Qobuz (music). Basically all the stuff that lets me get away from companies like Google and have some modicum of privacy.

  • MagicShel@lemmy.zipEnglish
    15·
    9 天前

    I have a bunch but I don’t think I’d recommend any of them, necessarily. Mostly they are familiar names and you either want them or don’t. I do pay for Bit Warden. And I would like to anti-recommend Nord VPN for shitty practices. I donate monthly to my Lemmy server.

    That’s about it.

      • finalarbiter@lemmy.dbzer0.com
        5·
        9 天前

        It’s an improv comedy group that has their own streaming service, formerly known as CollegeHumor. Dropout has become fairly popular in the last couple years for a number of reasons, but basically they’re funny and all-around decent folks.

      • dudleyflippendoodle@lemmy.zip
        5·
        9 天前

        Video streaming service with 100% original content. It’s what remains of Collegehumor. The content is great, they don’t block password sharing, share profits with the cast and crew, and release a large amount of content for free on social media platforms.

        They’re the only streaming service I am cool with paying for and even if you’re not a fan of all the content, they are absolutely worth the support IMO.

        • YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.todayEnglish
          3·
          9 天前

          There is not a single thing, other than some episodes of dimension 20, I haven’t watched. Including kingpin Katie!

          Kinda wish that drag queen sleepover thing got more traction though. But Parlour room has become one of my favorite things of all time! Wish I had some IRL friends to play tt games with.

  • YeahIgotskills2@lemmy.world
    111·
    9 天前

    Definitely gonna get normie-shamed by some of you guys, but we’ve got:

    Spotify premium (family logins shared with sister and parents, so I’m sort of stuck with it)

    Amazon Prime (all our photos are in their Unlimited photo storage - it just works and links in with our firestick seamlessly so that the fam can actually look back at the photos easily)

    Express VPN (got it for privacy, stayed for the porn which is blocked in the UK)

    Audible (forgot to cancel)

    YouTube premium (have actually just cancelled now that I can use the Albanian VPN trick)

    Starlink (hate Elon, but live rurally so no choice)

    Finally, IPTV which is illegal and £80 a year but gives me everything.

    • surewhynotlem@lemmy.world
      5·
      8 天前

      Spotify: I switched my whole family to Tidal. It’s cheaper for a family of four, you can migrate your playlists and such, music quality is better, and they aren’t a shitty company. Plus one free month to try it before they bill you.

      I had to find a different podcast app though. That was a pain.

    • soulBit@sopuli.xyzEnglish
      4·
      8 天前

      Try YouTube Revanced if you’re on mobile, removes ads and gives you a bunch of nice features as a bonus

      • YeahIgotskills2@lemmy.world
        1·
        7 天前

        Out of curiosity, what would you recommend?

        Spotify costs very little and is installed in 3 separate households, but if you’ve an alternative then I’d delighted to hear it.

        Amazon prime photos just works. I’ve a Synology NAS that I was using with Plex but it’s clunky AF. We’ve got firesticks simply to access our IPTV, but it also means we can view those photos easily.

        Starlink - there’s literally no alternative where I live.

        YouTube - had premium, but through an Indian address so cost me £2.99 per month.

        Audible - no justification, just a subscription to a service we used.

      • over_clox@lemmy.worldOP
        111·
        9 天前

        No, we don’t subscribe to imaginary services around here.

        The letter J wasn’t even invented until the year 1524 Anno Domini, therefore Jesus never existed.

        • hansolo@lemmy.today
          5·
          9 天前

          It is wild to see and hear Ionnes and Iesus pronounced out loud in languages that were around when Christianity was new.

          Edit: Also, Yeshua, the Hebrew version.

        • GlitchyDigiBun@lemmy.worldEnglish
          8·
          9 天前

          One of those “pay what you want models” but backed by peer pressure when they pass the collections basket around. Also, supposedly, you miss features if you go free-to-play, but all those features are end-game anyways as part of the afterlife package and supposedly you can use the confession DLC hack just before you reach end-game so the rest doesn’t really matter.

  • Catoblepas@piefed.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    7·
    9 天前

    PBS, iCloud+, Sunbeam because I like its UV tracking capabilities, and Transit because I use it a ton (nearly 1,800 miles on transit with it last year).

    PBS is actually the most expensive one at $5/month, but if I’ve got two pennies to rub together one of them is going to PBS.

    • AlligatorBlizzard@sh.itjust.works
      2·
      9 天前

      Transit is great, maybe see if your transit agency is willing to pay for it, mine does and that’s why I started using it in the first place.

      I had to screenshot after my 1am trip home from work on New Year’s Day because it was the first and only time I’ll ever be #1 on my local route, lol.

  • kandykarter@lemmy.ca
    7·
    9 天前

    Hmm. I pay for letterboxd pro because I like stats and watch a ton of movies. I pay a yearly fee to porkbun for my domain name. I pay Kagi for search because it’s so much better than the free alternatives. I pay a couple usenet providers, and a few sponsorships on github, but that’s about it.