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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?

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

Udio. There aren't yet any locally-runnable music generation tools like it, and even if they were they'd have to be pretty darned good to rival Udio's quality. I make a lot of use of it for tabletop roleplaying games, but also "just for fun." It's only $10 a month.

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

Inkarnate. It's a tool for making fantasy maps for those who haven't heard of it. I think they have an extremely reasonable price per year for it.

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

$50 a year to Starcraft Broodwar Patreon that casts Korean language games into English.

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

Amazon prime and all the million services that bundle with it.

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

I don't subscribe to much as I try to avoid subscriptions

Bit warden subbed as soon as last pass went to shit Duolingo been studying Spanish every day Crunchyroll anime High-dive anime not on Crunchyroll

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

Real-Debrid. No more paying for compressed streaming services!

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

Marine Traffic - I live by the sea.

Proton Mail - trying to give up Gmail.

Bitwarden - had to stop using the same password for everything.

My Row Counter - for knitting, it's a fantastic app.

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

Technically, none.

But I do regularly buy gift cards for my self to get Geoguessr, I just refuse the whole subscription model.

If companies offered a one year pass without a subscription attached I believe they would have more customers.

They could even make it a few € more expensive than the normal subscription price for that period and I believe it would work fine.

A few weeks ago I found that you can get a lifetime pass for Nebula and Curiosity Stream for a resonable cost (a few hundred USD IIRC) and I am seriously considering it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Whole home cleansing. They send a guy out quarterly who assesses each room and blows sage around hot spots. My home isn't very active but I sleep better at night knowing that there aren't dark energies in risk corridors.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Spotify. I started paying because I got fed up with shuffling my mp3 files from one place to another.

80% of the time I'm not angry at them. This day and age that is a high score. Hey Spotify: if you want to improve your score fix your recommendations during Eurovision Song Contest. There is nothing in my playlists that suggests that I'll even be remotely interested.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago
  • SourceHut
  • Kagi
  • NearlyFreeSpeech
  • PurelyMail
[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago
  • ComEd, electricity
  • Verizon, phone
  • Spectrum, Internet - not cable because I refuse to watch commercials.

Yes these are technically subscription services.

  • Pandora because _fuck ads and commercials - I never listen to the radio anymore.

The rest of my subscriptions are hit-or-miss. Disney+ because my fiancee likes keeping it I guess technically qualifies.

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