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[–] owatnext 16 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

Lmao literally the only "subscription" I have is my phone bill, which I pay yearly. Also maybe you'd consider my insurance a subscription? Sounds very dystopian.

Edit: is rent a subscription? Regularly refilled prescriptions? Where is the line? I have fallen into a quandry.

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago (9 children)

I just got charged $165 a couple days ago from two yearly subscriptions I totally forgot I had. We need a better solution. The banks should just implement the usage of Virtual Cards like Privacy.com does. It'd be so much more convent for people to cancel subscriptions, if they're allowed to have multiple different virtual cards that they can easily toggle on or off.

Why don't the banks do this?

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

We need a better solution

Sorry to sound harsh, but....self control?

I have a subscription for a VPN. I've been sitting here for a couple of minutes trying to think of others. I suppose my internet etc is a subscription

I can't think of anything else

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[–] RufusFirefly 16 points 1 year ago

I stopped watching network television because of ads, then I stopped watching free streaming because of too many ads (Pluto TV, Crackle), I get a basic subscription to Paramount through Walmart and I stopped watching that because of the ads. I have an Amazon prime subscription because I get it for one half off but I rarely use prime video an if they start showing ads, I won't use it at all.

[–] I_Love_Muslims 16 points 1 year ago (3 children)

If it's free, you're the product

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

I basically canceled almost all my subscriptions and pirate stuff. Except music, since I build a CD collection and buy the rest online which is still cheaper than a streaming service and I can keep the music as long as I want without having to fear that songs will get removed from the service.

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[–] RedTie13 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

I finally dropped Spotify, I still maintain a YouTube Premium subscription, only because I'm grandfathered into their old Google Music plan. I'm finally looking to setup my own Nextcloud and Jellyfin server on a NAS because Google cloud storage starts to get pricey when HDD are so cheap. I do still pay Means TV because if I'm still paying for a streaming service, at least it's a co-op.

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[–] PP_BOY_ 12 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Only subscriptions I pay for is Plex, Drunkenslug, and Newshosting

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago (4 children)
[–] FlexibleToast 10 points 1 year ago

For me, Plex has a better ecosystem of apps and a far better sync or "downloads" as they call it now. The sync is a killer feature for someone who travels a lot.

[–] EncryptKeeper 8 points 1 year ago

Probably one of its many shortcomings.

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[–] sznio 11 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I think that Spotify (or any other music streaming service) are the only ones still worth it. I don't have to sign up for Spotify and Tidal and YouTube Music since any of them has whatever I need.

If that were to change, then I'll be subscription-free.

Also, I like paying for Spotify since it's the only European big-tech.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I'm gradually getting to the point where I'll drop Spotify. Shoving ads for podcasts in my face every time I launch the app was bad enough, but now their app has become such a bloated mess that it bugs out whenever my phone is switching between wifi and mobile data. I have more than 1k songs downloaded just so I don't have to deal with that, and now I have to deal with it because it's more important to them to show ads and promotions than it is for their app to do what it's designed to do.

And before anyone says "tHoSe ArEn'T aDs," showing me recommended artists and podcasts against my will is absolutely a form of advertising. Do you think they're showing me new releases from Joe down the street? These are paid promotions, aka ads.

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[–] RoseRose56 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (6 children)

People like us just don't see it, they are want us on subscription plans for every service that exists. Starting from movies and series, which you don't own anything, and once you signup you agreed with their terms, they do what ever they want, to phone where your storage space will max out, and you have to pay monthly, to upload all your videos and photos in the cloud/server. They want us to keep paying for even basic things, because why should be free right?

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[–] Zealousideal_Fox900 11 points 1 year ago

Saved this image as: I WILL NEVER PAY FOR GODDAMN NETFLIX.png

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Learn to torrent and throw Plex or Jellyfin onto your computer then you have your own Spotify and Netflix

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[–] Lemminary 10 points 1 year ago (3 children)

The last thing I paid for as a subscription service was Curiosity Stream a year ago. I've stopped watching movies and documentaries since and I don't miss it.

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

Bezos is no longer relevant to Amazon making changes.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago
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[–] who8mydamnoreos 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (18 children)

You are under no obligation to consume media. Even if you want to the library is free. Vote with your dollar; feel like a service is ripping you off, cancel it.

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[–] schema 8 points 1 year ago

I always get annoyed when reading ads like "it's free with xy subscription".

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