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?

  • 2ugly2live@lemmy.world
    17·
    9 个月前

    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. 🙄

  • kitnaht@lemmy.worldBanned
    14·
    9 个月前

    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.

  • TriflingToad@lemmy.world
    11·
    9 个月前

    Surprising this thread is so positive so I’ll share mine I’ve gotten downvoted for before:
    Discord Nitro.

    I use it a lot as I’m active in a bunch of servers. I don’t even pay for the expensive one, just the $3/month one and it’s TOTALLY worth being able to make emojis of my cat and annoy people with them, here are my favorited and frequently used emojis:

  • Makeitstop@lemmy.worldEnglish
    8·
    9 个月前

    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.

  • Agrivar@lemmy.world
    7·
    9 个月前
    • YouTube Premium, because I listen to a ton of music but I also like listening to dorkier deep-dive video channels.
    • Disney+ w/ Hulu because I am a raging Marvel fanboy and like to be able to keep up with shows like Simpsons/Family Guy/Bob’s Burgers.
    • Office 365. This is the most likely to get canceled at some point. I used to need Office for work, but now I mostly use the Notes app and Excel on my phone… and the 1 TB of OneDrive storage isn’t as great a deal as it once was.
  • Meltrax@lemmy.world
    7·
    9 个月前

    Hulu. Best collection of shows for me, right now.

    Spotify. I listen to music constantly, it’s a necessity.

    Libro.fm for audiobooks, and supporting my local book store.

    My gym membership (lumping Zwift in there too). I exercise a lot, like 15+ hours per week. These are part of my chosen lifestyle.

    Opensnow. The only phone app I pay for. It’s a weather app but better if you’re a skier/snowboarder.

    RuneScape. I love OSRS and I enjoy playing in my downtime. I’m an adult, I can do what I want.

  • JubilantJaguar@lemmy.world
    6·
    9 个月前

    The Atlantic. Because of its magazine heritage, there’s the perfect number of new articles per day (5 or 10), all top notch journalism and beautifully written. I look forward to reading a few of them each evening.

  • Evotech@lemmy.world
    6·
    9 个月前

    Netflix, YouTube, Spotify, protonmail / drive / vpn, Usenet, bitwarden

    That’s about all I have.

    Although I pirate 90% of what tv and movies we watch, I feel like I pay my fair share for internet stuff.

    I might sub to a few local streaming sites from time to time. To catch up on tv.

  • Brkdncr@lemmy.world
    6·
    9 个月前

    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.

  • dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de
    6·
    9 个月前

    Apple Music. It’s just easier than pirating music. You also get Apple Classical which is awesome as classical music can’t be indexed in the same way as regular music.