• meow@discuss.tchncs.de
    6·
    7 days ago

    Mullvad, and a strong internet connection from the spyware company of your choice. With that you can pirate any media, and browse the internet. I have never needed more.

  • Kristell@herbicide.fallcounty.omg.lol
    7·
    7 days ago

    Email, Nebula, Dropout, Borgbase, a domain name.

    I also have humble choice, but that’s a bit of a tossup. I’ve found some great games through it that I still play, but most months it still feels worth it to me

    Edit: Forgot Mullvad VPN! Love that thing, 15/10 would recommend. Reddit doesn’t like it, but also I don’t like reddit so whatever

  • QualifiedKitten@discuss.onlineEnglish
    3·
    6 days ago

    Seedbox. I’ve had mine for over 10 years and I’m still paying the same $15/month, so it’s effectively gotten cheaper, and they’ve actually upgraded me at least twice in that time to give me more storage & bandwidth.

  • tankplanker@lemmy.world
    2·
    5 days ago

    So I pay monthly for a few streaming services, those are rarely worth the money, although Qobuz is pretty close. I could pirate my music or buy CDs and rip them, but that would be a huge hassle and expensive for the CD route as I like to listen to a lot of random artists.

    Other services I pay monthly for that I think are good value are the National Trust and the RSPB. National Trust is particularly good value if you like looking at gardens/old houses, you save a fortune. RSPB works for me as I have two on my door step and just the car parking alone is almost the cost is the cost of the months membership.

  • Seefra 1@lemmy.zip
    3·
    6 days ago

    Housing, transportation, internet, electricity, water and a VPN if your country doesn’t let you pirate without it.

    Everything else is either superfluous or you can pirate it.

  • Noctambulist@lemmy.world
    51·
    5 days ago

    I actually pay for quite a few digital service subscriptions. Off the top my head: Proton (email/VPN), Mega (storage), Kagi (search engine), Inoreader (feed aggregator), Signal (both voluntary donation and for online backup), Audible (audiobooks), Reuters (news), a few newspapers and magazines (online editions), some apps, …

  • TwistedTurtle@sh.itjust.works
    1·
    6 days ago

    Kagi.
    Protonmail/VPN.
    Namecheap (custom domains).
    Nabu Casa (I could route subdomain myself but I love Home Assistant and want to support them).
    PBS Passport.
    Consumer Reports.
    Nebula.
    PDF-XChange Editor.
    Tidal.
    ServRica VPS (for Urbackup).

  • N-E-N@lemmy.ca
    32·
    6 days ago

    I know it’s an unpopular one around here, but definitely YouTube Premium

      • N-E-N@lemmy.ca
        2·
        5 days ago

        No ads on my devices that don’t have ad-block (iPad, Apple TV, etc), plus I share my sub with my parents so they don’t get ads.

        Plus I like that my views contribute $ to the creator unlike using Adblock.

        And also YouTube Music, altho I don’t use it much tbh but cool it’s included

  • Bubs@lemmy.zip
    2·
    7 days ago

    The only extra subscriptions I have are a VPN while I’m at school, a domain name for my portfolio, and one game that is the main place I interact with my friends. Also have a slightly larger Google drive until I can afford to make my own NAS.

    Honestly, I don’t see the need for much more. Costco is great if you live near one (they are one of the few decent companies left). Server hosting for games is another one I’ve done in the past.

    Adobe used to be manageable a decade ago, especially if you were sharing the cost. Same with Game Pass when it came out. Now the prices for both are absurd. Streaming has been replaced by the high seas.