Submitted 7 months ago by dep@lemmy.world to technology@lemmy.world
Really just curious what folks out there deem valuable enough to give money for monthly or annually. As a software engineer I have quite a few that keep me productive and I’ll list a few:
I contribute $5 a month to Metafilter, and I use a paid VPN.
I think that’s it. I would subscribe to Port87, but I made it, so I don’t need to.
I understand that that’s a lot of subscriptions. I used to have a lot more, and I’ve been slowly unsubscribing. I’ve almost replaced ProtonMail with Port87, so that will be the next to go. I’ve also almost replaced Google Photos with Immich, so that will go soon too.
Can you please link a guide to how to setup open source LLMs or some list so that I can look it up?
This is what I’ve been using:
Too many but here’s a few off the top of my head:
There’s more but as a developer, I try to pay for software. (I mean, if I don’t, who will?) I’ll sail the high seas for some stuff but only if the company pisses me off.
How do I webhost with Hetzner? I want to get into server hosting and Hetzner is a small business with a good price, but the learning curve is so steep.
It’s not that hard, just create an account and order a web hosting plan
Also a dev.
Spotify but only because we are all sharing a family plan and the price makes sense at that point for the convenience.
As soon as Spotify gets rid of family plans and account sharing (just like all other streaming platforms) I’ll sail the seas with Lidarr.
What does a hosted RSS provider give you over a normal client? I use Nextcloud News (self hosted) but I don’t really know the benefit over just using an RSS app on my phone (besides syncing my list I guess).
Sync across devices at free tier which is the main thing. You pay by having access to things like real-time updates, filters, summaries etc. I don’t keep a vps these days and I have a preferred client that’s limited to commercial solutions.
Aside from the VPS and object storage for housing Leminal Space, just Proton Mail. And The Anfield Wrap if we’re counting podcasts.
Just a VPS. £4/month.
spotify, NextDNS, 1password, lifetime pcloud, Microsoft 365 on annual sales, notesnook. I guess I donate to my mastodon/Lemmy instance and immich development.
That’s about it. I don’t use ChatGPT often enough to sub. I sometimes subscribe to Canva Pro if I have a project ongoing.
Mullvad is and Tuta are the only services I pay for monthly
Bitwarden
Proton Family
Spotify Family
Nintendo online
1 small Contabo VPS to host rocket chat
1 larger Contabo VPS for my main Nextcloud and Immich instances
1Pass NordVpn ChatGPT YouTube Premium
Surfshark VPN and YouTube premium. Recently cancelled Netflix and Amazon prime. Not much but I’ve had enough of subscriptions.
Seedbox (+included vpn)
Usenet
YT Prem
Spotify
O365 (but I bought vouchers for 3 years at a reduced price)
-> I prefer Outlook over Thunderbird. Though with the new interface they had done I will probably migrate to it once it expires. The OneDrive storage is used for Obsidian.md. I store obsidian locally but sync it with the community plugin “remotely save”).
1 or 2 items I don’t remember right now.
Just a vpn
Bitwarden Copilot YT Premium
YouTube music only, unfortunately. Unfortunate not because it’s the only expense of its type that I have, but because like so many Google products it’s a worse version of something they used to offer for free. And there isn’t a good alternative that I’ve found yet, and no music streaming service pays the artists anything worth mentioning.
Google One, Spotify, Netflix and Nebula.
Currently:
That’s about it. Everything else I buy one at a time, like video games.
I’d like to drop Netflix and Disney+ over their stupid ad policy, but my wife and kids use them a lot.
Here’s some stuff I plan to get soon:
For me, as an SRE:
Other, non-tech subscriptions:
Things I might pay for if my employer didn’t:
Random IT-adjacent services I occasionally donate to:
A couple of video streaming services, Hulu, which includes Disney+, Discovery+ and Netflix. That totals up to like $50/mo or so.
Other than that, it’s aaaallllll independent creators, through Twitch or Patreon.
ProtonMail and Spotify. I’m also paying for one podcast but I do it voluntarily.
Mythic beasts server hosting, namecheap domain hosting.
micke@lemm.ee 7 months ago
Mullvad 1Password pCloud Kagi YouTube Premium Posteo Deezer Qobus Tidal Hifi
(Yes i listen a lot to music)
Churbleyimyam@lemm.ee 7 months ago
How come several music services? Are some artists not on all of them?
micke@lemm.ee 7 months ago
That’s right, but it’s also about where I use them. Tidal and Qobuz on my (expensive) system because they got best sound quality. For my iem:s I use Deezer, I like the app and the “flow”. I guess it’s overkill but it’s my hobby.