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
Ask HN: What software subscriptions are worth paying for?
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#43- FastMail for email, calendar, and contact book. - Kagi for search and translation. - rsync.net for backup (although I took their lifetime subscription offer so I no longer actively pay them). - Self-hosting related costs (rented servers and domain names). - Buttondown for sending out blog updates. (I was generously gifted a lifetime subscription, but had I not been I would likely have paid for it eventually anyway.…
I hate it.
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#44- FastMail for email, calendar, and contact book. - Kagi for search and translation. - rsync.net for backup (although I took their lifetime subscription offer so I no longer actively pay them). - Self-hosting related costs (rented servers and domain names). - Buttondown for sending out blog updates. (I was generously gifted a lifetime subscription, but had I not been I would likely have paid for it eventually anyway.…
YouTube subscription is great but very overpriced. Streaming services are much cheaper and they produce original content. I just can’t justify double the price of Apple TV so I can watch content Google hasn’t produced.
Re: Ask HN: What software subscriptions are worth paying for?
#45- FastMail for email, calendar, and contact book. - Kagi for search and translation. - rsync.net for backup (although I took their lifetime subscription offer so I no longer actively pay them). - Self-hosting related costs (rented servers and domain names). - Buttondown for sending out blog updates. (I was generously gifted a lifetime subscription, but had I not been I would likely have paid for it eventually anyway.…
YouTube subscription - Ever since they tied play/pause to the screen lock a subscription is essential if you want to use it as an audio only app. I hate it.
Re: Ask HN: What software subscriptions are worth paying for?
#46- FastMail for email, calendar, and contact book. - Kagi for search and translation. - rsync.net for backup (although I took their lifetime subscription offer so I no longer actively pay them). - Self-hosting related costs (rented servers and domain names). - Buttondown for sending out blog updates. (I was generously gifted a lifetime subscription, but had I not been I would likely have paid for it eventually anyway.…
I've spent $260 worth of API credits on my $20 Claude Code Pro subscription so far.
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#47Re: Ask HN: What software subscriptions are worth paying for?
#48Cloudflare domain, compute, db
Apple 50GB Storage
Google One Premium Family (Storage only, not AI)
Youtube Premium
PS Plus
Cancelled:
Spotify (youtube music is better for my needs)
Google AI
Fantastical - I came full circle to Google Calendar
I've bought quite a few useful mac and ios apps on one time payment. I'm interested in rsync.net and maybe setup a self hosting with my friends and family.
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#49Proton,Mullvad
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#50People 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.
Vote for Apple One here. Exceptional value if you have a few people sharing it.
I'm paying the same as the rest of the people, but can't use it because of ... reasons?
We don't need localisation, I don't want the exercises to be in my native language, I can understand english just fine.