No more O'Reilly subscriptions for me

tombert wrote: post #3

I get the O’Reilly subscription through the ACM. It’s an extra $75 a year after a regular ACM membership. A lot less than $500/year.

For those curious about the ACM membership: https://www.acm.org/membership/membership-options

Re: No more O'Reilly subscriptions for me

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Post by AlexB138 » Mon, Dec 08, 2025, 4:54 PM UTC

I just checked, and I've had an O'Reilly account since March of 2014 without major interruption, back when it was called Safari. It is by far the best source for high quality tech content out there. There is so much filler content in tech blogs, that I'm happy to pay to get access to high quality.

I must be on some grandfathered plan though, as I'm not paying near $500/year. That is a very steep price.

Re: No more O'Reilly subscriptions for me

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Post by charliesbot » Mon, Dec 08, 2025, 4:58 PM UTC

Yeah, I agree about the O'Reilly app. It's pretty bad, so I'm actually thinking about just getting the book instead of using their app.

Re: No more O'Reilly subscriptions for me

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Post by aaaaaaron » Mon, Dec 08, 2025, 4:58 PM UTC

crazysim wrote: post #6

tombert wrote: post #3

I get the O’Reilly subscription through the ACM. It’s an extra $75 a year after a regular ACM membership. A lot less than $500/year.

For those curious about the ACM membership: https://www.acm.org/membership/membership-options

Is this ACM membership worth it?

Re: No more O'Reilly subscriptions for me

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Post by gruntledfangler » Mon, Dec 08, 2025, 5:00 PM UTC

At one time I worked at a research institute. It had a huge library that was only partially filled. One of the directors wanted to buy every developer their own Safari subscription. The cost was quoted at around $4K/mo IIRC.

I pointed out that it would be far more cost–effective to simple let us request hard copies of whatever books we wanted, and then they would just stay in the library. No one worked remotely at the time.

We ended up getting Safari subscriptions for everyone.