Ask HN: What software subscriptions are worth paying for?

Post by southernplaces7 » Thu, Jul 24, 2025, 4:58 PM UTC

kqr wrote: post #29

- 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.…

Post by gaws » Thu, Jul 24, 2025, 6:22 PM UTC

alt227 wrote: post #63

sam_lowry_ wrote: post #56

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Youtube Premium is brings qualify of life to a new level, though. No ads and off-screen playing rock.

Firefox + uBlock Origin achieves the same thing

Post by gaws » Thu, Jul 24, 2025, 6:27 PM UTC

pabs3 wrote: post #47

Open source projects and their maintainers.

Post by gaws » Thu, Jul 24, 2025, 6:28 PM UTC

freefaler wrote: post #60

- chatGPT plus - Perplexity and nothing more. I get why people like to charge a subscription, but I will not pay a subscription for something that doesn't have ongoing operation cost by the vendor. If he needs to pay for a storage/servers/compute monthly it's reasonable to ask for a subscription. However a subscription for a screenshot app? Really? It's on my computer, charge me once or I won't pay the "just 10$/mont…

Post by southernplaces7 » Thu, Jul 24, 2025, 7:29 PM UTC

kqr wrote: post #29

- 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.…