Ask HN: What software subscriptions are worth paying for? • Hacker News Board

Re: Ask HN: What software subscriptions are worth paying for?

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Post by theyknowitsxmas » Wed, Jul 23, 2025, 5:38 AM UTC

Usenet

Re: Ask HN: What software subscriptions are worth paying for?

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Post by aziaziazi » Wed, Jul 23, 2025, 5:43 AM UTC

davesmylie wrote: post #10

Personally nothing - a one off payment for software is fine. Subscription based software - it's what I do for a day job but I'm not interested in any more monthly money drains than the bare minimum - ie mortgage, rates and utilities.

On that category I paid for Fork (git client). You can pay to support the developers but the free version has the same features.

Re: Ask HN: What software subscriptions are worth paying for?

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Post by adithyassekhar » Wed, Jul 23, 2025, 5:44 AM UTC

People are commenting services as well, guess I'm adding to it. These are the only services I pay for.

Google One. Google photos is just magic, cheaper storage elsewhere just doesn't cut it. Also why I won't be switching to ios anytime soon. First party solutions always feel better.

Youtube Premium.

Re: Ask HN: What software subscriptions are worth paying for?

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Post by mparnisari » Wed, Jul 23, 2025, 5:44 AM UTC

Personal: 1Password, Google One, Chatgpt

For work: Snagit, Aptakube, Jetbrains

Re: Ask HN: What software subscriptions are worth paying for?

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Post by klntsky » Wed, Jul 23, 2025, 5:44 AM UTC

Leynos wrote: post #3

Obsidian Google (for Deep Research, Gemini and NotebookLM) ChatGPT (For ChatGPT and Codex) GitKraken CodeRabbit Novelcrafter (for fiction) Wondercraft (wrapper around Elevnlabs and Googles TTS) Seriously considering Elevenreader as well Raindrop (bookmarks) OutdoorActive (maps for hiking) YouTube Premium Sanebox (Email triage)

YouTube premium is equivalent to uBlock Origin

Re: Ask HN: What software subscriptions are worth paying for?

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Post by Simon_O_Rourke » Wed, Jul 23, 2025, 5:48 AM UTC

Sublime (contribution rather than subscription)

Excalidraw

ChatGpt

ExpressVPN

Re: Ask HN: What software subscriptions are worth paying for?

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Post by neilsharma » Wed, Jul 23, 2025, 5:48 AM UTC

nord/mullvad, bitwarden, claude code (max), openai, youtube music, google drive (for the storage space).

Got a few lifetime payments too for various desktop utility apps

I pay for other ones on an as needed basis, but my tools change based on what i'm working on. Usually always have a render and supabase plan going for various hosted toy apps.

Re: Ask HN: What software subscriptions are worth paying for?

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Post by h4ck_th3_pl4n3t » Wed, Jul 23, 2025, 5:51 AM UTC

monero-xmr wrote: post #2

I pay (personally) for Postico and ChatGPT. I pay for Mullvad for my VPN of choice, and Eweka and Drunkenslug for newsgroups (i.e. every media ever invented downloaded at maximum speed) Bitwarden for personal password management x.com sub to get rid of the ads youtube pro to get rid of ads

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Re: Ask HN: What software subscriptions are worth paying for?

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Post by sunbum » Wed, Jul 23, 2025, 6:02 AM UTC

Kagi, an absolute must for me these days.

Re: Ask HN: What software subscriptions are worth paying for?

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Post by everyone » Wed, Jul 23, 2025, 6:03 AM UTC

davesmylie wrote: post #10

Personally nothing - a one off payment for software is fine. Subscription based software - it's what I do for a day job but I'm not interested in any more monthly money drains than the bare minimum - ie mortgage, rates and utilities.

Same, I even have a "pay as you go" phone deal which means I have a working mobile phone that can receive calls for €5 every 6 months (If I pay less than that it will be disconnected)