• Tja@programming.dev
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    17 hours ago

    I discovered how much I like L’Oréal men products, especially the barber Shower Gel and Deodorant. Used to only use old spice before.

    The Kaufland brand energy drinks are much cheaper and just as tasty as Monster (I like the apple one the best).

    Ripped all bluey and spidey episodes (OBS FTW) and canceled Disney plus.

    Bought a used electric BMW instead of a Tesla for my wife.

    Switched from coca cola and soda stream to supermarket brand siroups and sodapop.

    Chio or supermarket brand instead of lays and Pringles.

    Still some work to do:

    • Google One (3 eur a month) for Gmail and photos storage, testing immich for the last few months
    • YouTube Premium for the family (24 eur a month), no substitute in sight
    • Samsung Phones, no substitute in sight
    • MacBook from work, no good alternatives
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      16 hours ago

      YouTube Premium for the family (24 eur a month), no substitute in sight

      Not saying this will be a no effort switch, but imo the best substitute in sight would be the open seas. There is tons of ways to get the benefits of premium, without giving money to google. But it is a lot easier for a single adult to figure this out than it is for a whole family so no judgement and seeing you did so as a solution to Disney+ i know i’m not telling you about novel idea, but still wanted to write not paying for the original is sometimes more possible than paying for an alternative.

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        15 hours ago

        Yeah, it’s a mix of kids use, daily changing content, and consumption on the TV. Hard to get an adblock working and too much work to yt-dlp all the videos I watch everyday, plus I’d like to still compensate the creators somehow. It’s a complex one.