I’m usually against subscription services, but there are a few I use that I think provide enough value to justify the cost. Are there subscriptions you think are worth the money for you?
- Bitwarden
- Proton Mail/VPN
- Kagi
I’m still paying for kagi because I hope they succeed, but my god the results are fucking dogshit most of the time, especially if your two languages are French and English but you don’t live in NA
Also WTF is the rating at the side of the results? If I put it down is that my rating for that site for any search, or my rating for that site for this particular search?
Can’t find the answer to that anywhere
I only use it in English but I’ve found the results to be equal to or better than Google most of the time. I rarely end up checking things in Google after comparing the results for the first few weeks I first started using Kagi, the times I have recently Google has been just as bad (e.g. no results found, or nothing useful) or worse (e.g. a bunch of SEO crap and advertising and whatever other nonsense Google decides to spit up).
My understanding is that the up or down rating pushes results from that domain up or down in your personalized search results for all searches, not just the current search. I flag down things occasionally because they are obvious shit or don’t interest me but haven’t used the feature much otherwise. I think it could be one of the reasons I find Kagi better than Google though, there’s so much crap that just doesn’t end up in my results now because I down ranked already. I’m not completely certain that is really how the feature works though, I’d encourage you to contact Kagi support for a definitive answer.
Aye! I’m fucking paying for it, bloody right I should contact them!
I’ll let you know
Just proton. VPN + drive + pass is great.
I think I’m gonna swap over to them once my nord runs out. Them or mullvad
Either is better than Nord. Definitely drop Nord.
Mullvad VPN!
I know this is the “wrong answer,” but YouTube. I watch it a lot, and mostly on my PS in the evenings. If I only watched it in my phone or PC, I wouldn’t bother.
I also pay for Spotify for my mom and I, and ProtonVPN/Mail for myself. Oh, and PS+, which I still think is bullshit. 🙄
It’s only a ‘wrong answer’ because people here downvote on an ideological basis. If it works for you, then it’s okay 👍
Max. Better than Netflix any day.
Ground News because I want to see what’s going on in news across the media spectrum and they make it a lot easier.
Discord nitro classic because I don’t have a better alternative and I get the features I actually need at half the price I’d pay for the normal subscription.
A VPN because none of your goddamn business.
Prime video
I pay monthly to a local makerspace. Its worth every cent.
Is that like a shared work space?
If you can get 5 people for the Apple One Family plan, it’s worth it.
- Apple Music
- Apple TV+
- Apple Arcade
- iCloud+
A gym membership, my mail account (mailbox.org) and Spotify.
VPN
Logseq sync, need it for work, and its only £3.74 (5 cows for the Americans). Tried proton VPN plus as well, too expensive for me being £8.38, but its fine because their free tier is generous and I can do video calls with plus aswell. Food is also a good subscription, you can find food shops everywhere with great variety, but the price of the overall spend is higher, but if you buy high volume low cost food you can combat this price increase; some people like to spend extra and add alcohol to their subscription, but i don’t see the appeal unless its liquor shots like Apple sour or Baileys, because they taste good.
Netflix, YouTube, Spotify, protonmail / drive / vpn, Usenet, bitwarden
That’s about all I have.
Although I pirate 90% of what tv and movies we watch, I feel like I pay my fair share for internet stuff.
I might sub to a few local streaming sites from time to time. To catch up on tv.
as much as I hate to admit it. amazon. still if my wife passed I would likely not continue it.
