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Really just curious what folks out there deem valuable enough to give money for monthly or annually. As a software engineer I have quite a few that keep me productive and I'll list a few:

  • ChatGPT
  • Perplexity
  • Obsidian Sync
  • YouTube Premium
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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Aside from the VPS and object storage for housing Leminal Space, just Proton Mail. And The Anfield Wrap if we're counting podcasts.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)
  • ChatGPT
  • Midjourney
  • YouTube Premium (which I get through a mobile phone subscription at a heavy discount)
  • Spotify
  • Channel4 ad-free (UK broadcaster)

In addition I support a range of software through GitHub and Patreon:

  • PhotoPrism
  • Gluetun
  • Little Navmap
  • wg-easy
  • DuckDNS

Finally I’ve got paid access to a couple of major and minor media sources:

  • Washington Post
  • Jyllands Posten (largest Danish newspaper)
  • Olfi (specialised Danish defense news, named after a Danish frigate Olfert Fisher)
  • Krigskunst (“The Art of War”, specialised Danish defense podcast)
  • Det Hemmeligste at Det Hemmelige (podcast about spy craft and stay behind movements during the Cold War - just gone behind a pay wall but used to run on a public service channel)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

My financial /spending data has a price

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)
  • email
  • Nebula
  • Kagi
  • domains and VPSes
  • VPN
  • windyty
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago
  • YouTube Premium
  • Netflix
  • Torguard VPN
  • Google One for storage

That's about it. I don't use ChatGPT often enough to sub. I sometimes subscribe to Canva Pro if I have a project ongoing.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)
  • Mullvad
  • 1Password
  • pCloud
  • Kagi
  • Real Debrid
  • YouTube Premium
  • Posteo
  • Deezer
  • Qobus
  • Tidal Hifi

(Yes i listen a lot to music)

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Only a 3.50€ VPS on OVH. Gets the job done. For music I just use firehawk52’s Deezer ARLs to download the music. For TV shows/movies the obvious is piracy. The whole subscription model drives me away from services.

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

Mullvad and Tuta are the only services I pay for monthly

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

Bitwarden

Proton Family

Spotify Family

Nintendo online

1 small Contabo VPS to host rocket chat

1 larger Contabo VPS for my main Nextcloud and Immich instances

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

1Pass NordVpn ChatGPT YouTube Premium

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

spotify, NextDNS, 1password, lifetime pcloud, Microsoft 365 on annual sales, notesnook. I guess I donate to my mastodon/Lemmy instance and immich development.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)
  • Bitwarden
  • Addy.io
  • Backblaze B2 (technically not a subscription)
  • Managed Nextcloud (Hetzner)
  • Webhosting (Hetzner)

I'm a student and I don't work that much so I try to keep the costs down. I considered selfhosting Nextcloud but it doesn't seem worth it for now.

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

How do I webhost with Hetzner? I want to get into server hosting and Hetzner is a small business with a good price, but the learning curve is so steep.

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[–] mikey 2 points 1 year ago

For me, as an SRE:

  • Mullvad VPN
  • Google Drive (until I set up my NAS)
  • YouTube Premium
  • ChatGPT (but I am thinking of trying out Claude 3 instead)

Other, non-tech subscriptions:

  • Public transport
  • Public bike sharing
  • Food delivery

Things I might pay for if my employer didn't:

  • IntelliJ Ultimate
  • GitHub Copilot

Random IT-adjacent services I occasionally donate to:

  • Codeberg
  • Wikipedia
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Just a VPS. £4/month.

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

I give some bucks to disroot for email and cloud services and I donate monthly to a local server that hosts a mastodon instance and some other goodies. I occasionally donate to some software projects

My partner subscribes to media services which I use too, like max, Spotify and others.

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

Surfshark VPN and YouTube premium. Recently cancelled Netflix and Amazon prime. Not much but I've had enough of subscriptions.

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