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

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Which ones?

All the ones you rely on, and their dependencies. Or if you have lots of money, then all the ones you have installed, and their dependencies.

> All the ones you rely on, and their dependencies.

How much are you spending?

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

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All the ones you rely on, and their dependencies. Or if you have lots of money, then all the ones you have installed, and their dependencies.

> All the ones you rely on, and their dependencies. How much are you spending?

Nothing. I'm an open source maintainer, I have zero income right now, and very little savings, so I can't afford to share with other maintainers.

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

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Does it now auto backup without keeping the app open? Also does apple nag you to upload to icloud?

I dont use icloud for photos and never get nagged about it. I do pay the 99 cents/month for extended icloud for general stuff. I never have to open google photos to sync, it just happens.

That's pretty neat

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

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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)

Curious about GitKraken, I've tried it around ~2018 and couldn't see why i'd pay for it. I has nice "visualisations" but nothing that actually helped my workflow.

I mostly use it because it makes rebasing a branch painless compared with CLI or the GitHub web interface.

I was also using it at work when I managed a team because it let me see how their branches sat in relation to `main`.

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

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- 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.…

Nice list, I am going to start using SyncThing. My goal is to link my brother and myself as offsite backups.

Is the reference to org, orgorg.com or something else?

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

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- 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.…

Re Spotify: I think the greatest value is easy discovery. I wouldn't find 90% of the stuff I listen to in CD shops.

Agreed - There certainly are other apps that provide better discovery, but nothing that is as seamlessly integrated to where I'm already listening to music.

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

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- 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.

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

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- Claude Code as a programming aid. - Fastmail for email. - FacileThings as a personal management system. - Obsidian with a personal knowledge system (you need to subscribe if you want your notes synced across all your devices). - Office 365, even if it's just to sync all your files with OneDrive. - Apple Music.
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