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What web services do you subscribe to? (lemmy.world)
submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Really just curious what folks out there deem valuable enough to give money for monthly or annually. As a software engineer I have quite a few that keep me productive and I'll list a few:

  • ChatGPT
  • Perplexity
  • Obsidian Sync
  • YouTube Premium
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[–] PerogiBoi 3 points 10 months ago

Spotify but only because we are all sharing a family plan and the price makes sense at that point for the convenience.

As soon as Spotify gets rid of family plans and account sharing (just like all other streaming platforms) I’ll sail the seas with Lidarr.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)
  • email
  • Nebula
  • Kagi
  • domains and VPSes
  • VPN
  • windyty
[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)
  • ChatGPT
  • Midjourney
  • YouTube Premium (which I get through a mobile phone subscription at a heavy discount)
  • Spotify
  • Channel4 ad-free (UK broadcaster)

In addition I support a range of software through GitHub and Patreon:

  • PhotoPrism
  • Gluetun
  • Little Navmap
  • wg-easy
  • DuckDNS

Finally I’ve got paid access to a couple of major and minor media sources:

  • Washington Post
  • Jyllands Posten (largest Danish newspaper)
  • Olfi (specialised Danish defense news, named after a Danish frigate Olfert Fisher)
  • Krigskunst (“The Art of War”, specialised Danish defense podcast)
  • Det Hemmeligste at Det Hemmelige (podcast about spy craft and stay behind movements during the Cold War - just gone behind a pay wall but used to run on a public service channel)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

My financial /spending data has a price

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago
  • YouTube Premium
  • Netflix
  • Torguard VPN
  • Google One for storage

That's about it. I don't use ChatGPT often enough to sub. I sometimes subscribe to Canva Pro if I have a project ongoing.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (4 children)
  • Mullvad
  • 1Password
  • pCloud
  • Kagi
  • Real Debrid
  • YouTube Premium
  • Posteo
  • Deezer
  • Qobus
  • Tidal Hifi

(Yes i listen a lot to music)

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

Pcloud, NordVPN, Tidal, reMarkable sync

I'd use Obsidian Sync too if I used Obsidian across devices. I just back my vaults up in the cloud.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

Surfshark VPN and YouTube premium. Recently cancelled Netflix and Amazon prime. Not much but I've had enough of subscriptions.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)
  • Bitwarden
  • Addy.io
  • Backblaze B2 (technically not a subscription)
  • Managed Nextcloud (Hetzner)
  • Webhosting (Hetzner)

I'm a student and I don't work that much so I try to keep the costs down. I considered selfhosting Nextcloud but it doesn't seem worth it for now.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

How do I webhost with Hetzner? I want to get into server hosting and Hetzner is a small business with a good price, but the learning curve is so steep.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

It's not that hard, just create an account and order a web hosting plan. You can edit the files using FTP. It's just web hosting though, you're probably better off with a VPS if you want to run your own software.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

1Pass NordVpn ChatGPT YouTube Premium

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

Bitwarden

Proton Family

Spotify Family

Nintendo online

1 small Contabo VPS to host rocket chat

1 larger Contabo VPS for my main Nextcloud and Immich instances

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

spotify, NextDNS, 1password, lifetime pcloud, Microsoft 365 on annual sales, notesnook. I guess I donate to my mastodon/Lemmy instance and immich development.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Mullvad and Tuta are the only services I pay for monthly

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

I give some bucks to disroot for email and cloud services and I donate monthly to a local server that hosts a mastodon instance and some other goodies. I occasionally donate to some software projects

My partner subscribes to media services which I use too, like max, Spotify and others.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

Just a VPS. £4/month.

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