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?
One; Humble Monthly. I’ve had it active for a few years, now I have too many games.
I have no other Web-based subscriptions.
- domain names
- e-mail hosting for those domains
- a virtual private server to host websites
- cloud storage for backups (in case the house burns down)
- seedbox
- claude code
That looks like a lot when I type it all out. I guess about $50/mo.
My only 2 online paid services are Hulu (love watching Bob’s burgers) and ring for a security camera I was gifted when I purchased my home. 25$ a month covers both!
Bob’s burgers is one our gotos to put on random when we can’t decide what to watch
I pay for Spotify and a VPN. And even Spotify I’m currently questioning because they’ve started replacing some of my liked songs with totally different but similar seeming versions that might be AI generated.
I don’t need anything else.
I pay a total of $6/month for an indexer an usenet service, and $8 for a VPN. all other media, including games, I get through that.
I split a YouTube sub with my ex for my daughter. I use it for music anyway. Other than that I paid for Netflix last summer and canceled. I paid for a year of crunchyroll but I won’t renew it. TBH I never subscribe I just buy one service for like 6 months or a year and move on.
Criterion channel, and proton VPN+email
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.
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.
Proton for email. Tidal for music, though I don’t really support them or love their app so probably won’t be with them for long. Sleep with me podcast, a necessary sleep aid and I just like to support the person.
I subscribe to a couple of different artists/comedians too but that’s mostly because I can afford to and prefer to support people directly.For streaming: Crave because Canada, and they just earned every penny I’ve ever given them with Heated Rivalry. Just cancelled Netflix, but my partner still pays for Disney though I’m trying to get him to cancel that too. I think those are our only two streaming services.
I’ll be looking for a VPN this year so I can take to the seas again eventually but streaming from free websites is working well so far so I haven’t worried about it too much.
VPN, Spotify. Spotify seems justified due to the ability to find new music.
You get discover weekly playlists for free
I pay like 10/year for my domain name.
I also have Spotify (I know it’s a shit service but I don’t have the time to collect all the new music I want to listen to as it comes out).
I pay 3/month for f1tv as well which lets you watch replays all the way back to the 80s.
so in total maybe 15/month towards subscriptions.
Domain name, VPN, YT Premium, Humble Bundle, Discord Nitro, cloud storage.
The only subscription I pay is Netflix (the cheapest one). We watch it enough that is worth keeping around. I guess I technically also have web hosting and a domain name, but I pay those for a few years at a time.
A VPN
YouTube Premium, plus a member of the Internet Today channel, because Ricky and Elliot deserve all the love they can get.
Nebula.
And a handful of simracing Patreons.
