What digital services do you pay for ?

[Deckard]

I was wondering what you guys pay for ?

We pay for Dropbox, Prime, Netflix and I pay a ludicrous sum of 6 quid a year I think for Nintendo online (the top tier package) via a family sharing sub with another forums' members .

YT premium (cant abide the ads) which I bought a month ago or so from Brazil for like 5 quid for a year using my Revolut card and very generously a YY member here lets me use his Apple TV sub so apple music, tv and iCloud 2tb storage comes with that.

I buy music but most mags and music is fully available online to drop into dropbox for my iPad / iPhone....

I dont ever buy films as just easier to get the HDR full fat files off the web and then stream via Plex to my LG TV....

[venusian]

Let me think...

Office 365 Family Pack, because Word and Excel are better than the free alternatives, and the online storage is useful (or at least MS have bent Windows to the point where using it is almost required).

Gamepass PC. Because a library of games I wouldn't otherwise play is nicw.

Amazon Prime because Star Trek and I keep forgetting to cancel it.

BFI Player. I _do_ pay for films.

Web/mail domain maintenance and shell access to a server. I should really get around to dragging this into the 21st century. This is the remnants of a Blackcat Networks set-up from the late 90s.

Nintendo online basic. This is not good value just for save games and Tetris 99.

A couple of Patrions because I like their content.

Guardian online. Because Murdoch.

Spotify Family.

I think that's all. I'm probably paying for something I've forgotten about.


And different, secure, passwords for all of the above, dear dataminers.

[pyroxian]

TV: Netflix, Amazon Prime, Disney+, Now TV.
Music: Spotify
Other: Google Drive for Cloud backups

I also still buy physical media, but rip them to my Plex server - have over 1000 films on there now...

[Rhythm]

Apple One (games, iCloud storage, family Music plan, Apple TV+)
Netflix
Amazon Prime (plus a Shudder channel subscription for horror)
Disney+
Readly (magazines on iPad)
Plex (better sharing of my ripped DVDs/BluRays)

I share these with the ex as my kids are split between two households, so I feel justified not doubling up. We're contemplating going "1 month on, 1 month off" on these to try and reduce costs a bit.

I do buy films a la carte on iTunes - they're cheap enough on there plus Apple make ownership and sharing completely trivial. They also upgrade films for free, so if a 4K remaster comes out on a film you already bought then you're allowed that one.

I used to download shit all the time but dropped that habit when things about 10 years ago. Nowadays the only thing I use piratey places for are for the ad-free rips of Taskmaster. If I'm doing music stuff I'll sometime download an MP3/FLAC just because it's easier than using Audacity to sample from Apple Music but that's fairly rare

[Deckard]

We have a Humax box which can tape 4 terrestrial channels at the same time so we never really watch anything “live” so zero adverts but have a few tv torrent sites for things like Project Runway, Inkmaster, Home Town and other American reality shows plus things like Loki and Trek

[MattyP]

Netflix
Prime (parcels and tv)
NowTV (watching The Last Of Us which is great - will be cancelled soon)
Nintendo Online Expansion (Really enjoying having some of my fav games in one place)
MS 365 - Get a cheap deal through work nice to have office.

That's it. I did have GamePass until March this year but never bothered re-subbing as I found I wasn't really using it that much and well their seems to be a drought of AAA games to be fair. Might sub again for a bit when the Forza Motorsport eventually gets released.

A lot of the TV stuff is for the other half who watches more TV series than me.

[Deckard]

I would advise anyone with a switch to get a top tier family expansion pass, as there are quite a few web forums who share the cost and you can even find good deals on eBay for it from 13 quid

[Rhythm]

That's it. I did have GamePass until March this year but never bothered re-subbing as I found I wasn't really using it that much and well their seems to be a drought of AAA games to be fair. Might sub again for a bit when the Forza Motorsport eventually gets released.

Ooh, forgot that I also pay for PS Plus. Would love to stop this but the small gaming group I'm in won't switch to any other tool. Seems nuts, as I talk to them through the PS app on my phone whilst I'm actually playing on PC

I've dabbled in Game Pass a couple of times but the game selection there really isn't worth the price for me as I'm no fan of AAA. I'm much better suited by EA Access (~£20-30 per year) - the game selection there is much more interesting (to me) and that price is silly low for what I get out of it

[MattyP]

I would advise anyone with a switch to get a top tier family expansion pass, as there are quite a few web forums who share the cost and you can even find good deals on eBay for it from 13 quid

I did exactly this. I've been spending most of my gaming time so far this week playing Tetris on the Gameboy and Yoshi on the N64.

[WiteWulf]

Apple One Family sub, with games, tv, storage and music, not the top tier one
Netflix
Amazon Prime
Disney+ (which I wanted to ditch, but my Dad watches it a lot and he offered to pay for it)
PS+
Plex Lifetime pass, as I run a couple of servers that are shared with loads of friends and work colleagues
Dyn.com and Mythic Beasts for domain and email stuff
Ivory sub (mastodon client, was Tweetbot)
Monthly £1 donation to the team that runs the Mastodon instance I'm on (mastodonapp.uk)
Lots of Bandcamp and Kindle purchases

[Deckard]

I would advise anyone with a switch to get a top tier family expansion pass, as there are quite a few web forums who share the cost and you can even find good deals on eBay for it from 13 quid

I did exactly this. I've been spending most of my gaming time so far this week playing Tetris on the Gameboy and Yoshi on the N64.

I dont know why Yoshi didnt get the love on the N64 - its not a tricky game but always makes me smile

[Misfit]

I've contemplated replying to this, but I think I'll just cry if I work it out!

[Deckard]

I've contemplated replying to this, but I think I'll just cry if I work it out!

Yeah that and the dogs and the kids......

[Misfit]

I've contemplated replying to this, but I think I'll just cry if I work it out!

Yeah that and the dogs and the kids......

Yeah, that helps!

[Rhythm]

One of my kids is a very talented artist and a wannabe V-Tuber. As a result I've just had to pay for Live2D. Very frustrating, even if I was able to get a huge price reduction through being able to nab a student account