Caporegime
I’ll probably knock that off soon too.
Anyone else getting subscription burnout?
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I’ll probably knock that off soon too.
Caporegime
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I have definitely been cutting back on the video subscription services where I used to have Netflix, Disney+ and Amazon Prime I have cut Netflix and Disney+ out. If there is anything I want to watch I just subscribe for 1 month around Christmas and binge the shows I want and then cancel again for another 11 months.
I keep the Prime as I like the free delivery it offers as I use Amazon quite a lot and handy for the little things I can order as when I need them.
I keep the Prime as I like the free delivery it offers as I use Amazon quite a lot and handy for the little things I can order as when I need them.
Typically I either utilise access via other countries or where subs are inclusive with summit else
Netflix.. .. around a fiver a month for the top package
Disney... Google about 30quid for the year iirc
Paramount ... like 35 for the year
Apple... linked to.my barclays account
Nowtv.. inclusive with my bt tv box (6 quid tv package)
Nowtv movies... 3 quid a month offer with a few month left
Games pass ultimate... about 90 quid for 3 years
Amazon prime... free... legacy account from when you could share prime benefits
Spotify... on a family account so next to nowt a year
if done sensibly you can get a lot for not a little if you juat sign up at full monthly prices or use recurring subs then yes things are gonna get. a lot more expensive very fast. Some.of.the services I have its pointless me cancelling as if I ever put them back they'll be more expensive
For example.. ckeys games pass ultimate is about 25 quid for 3 month but I think my mate is paying Ms direct at about 14 a month.
I do think that monthly mobiles are.getting out of hand.. seen some for like 90 a month which is just mental.
Netflix.. .. around a fiver a month for the top package
Disney... Google about 30quid for the year iirc
Paramount ... like 35 for the year
Apple... linked to.my barclays account
Nowtv.. inclusive with my bt tv box (6 quid tv package)
Nowtv movies... 3 quid a month offer with a few month left
Games pass ultimate... about 90 quid for 3 years
Amazon prime... free... legacy account from when you could share prime benefits
Spotify... on a family account so next to nowt a year
if done sensibly you can get a lot for not a little if you juat sign up at full monthly prices or use recurring subs then yes things are gonna get. a lot more expensive very fast. Some.of.the services I have its pointless me cancelling as if I ever put them back they'll be more expensive
For example.. ckeys games pass ultimate is about 25 quid for 3 month but I think my mate is paying Ms direct at about 14 a month.
I do think that monthly mobiles are.getting out of hand.. seen some for like 90 a month which is just mental.
YouTube and Spotify are my primary sources of content consumption. If they keep putting the cost of family up, though, I wouldn’t pay it.
OneDrive I have because it was the cheapest way of paying for 1TB of cloud storage + MS apps. But now I’m looking to move to a self hosted model and just buying a version of office. I don’t care for AI integration.
iCloud because you only get 5GB of cloud backup as standard which isn’t enough for backing up all my nudes, sorry messages.
Man of Honour
We have gotten rid of Disney+ and Paramount as there was nothing left on them that interested us. Next to go is Apple when Silo finishes for exactly the same reason. That will leave us with Prime and Netflix although if it were up to me Netflix would be going as well with all the junk on there now. After three years we have watched just about everything that interested us. We don't have any other subscription services of any type.
Caporegime
Netflix, spotify and a mortgage is how we roll.
Caporegime
I tried cancelling my mortgage subscription but they managed to keep me by offering to upgrade me to the premium package for no extra cost.
Soldato
Prime and Game Pass is all I have.
I used to just leave a load of subscriptions rolling, too much *effort* to do otherwise, but now companies are playing silly games with ads, add-ons, price increases, etc. etc. and it is enough to make me go to the effort of just subscribing periodically to catch up for 1-2 months then unsubscribing again, some of the tactics companies are using drives me up the wall as I know the people making these decisions would be the first ones complaining if someone was doing it to them...
Quite fed up by it personally and just don't bother with a lot of stuff now and/or go with other ways or other services.
Yeah basically where I've ended up - I'd cancel Prime out of principle just over the Prime Video ad changes though I do make use of the delivery side, but I've got family using the sharing features who wouldn't be happy with that :s
Quite fed up by it personally and just don't bother with a lot of stuff now and/or go with other ways or other services.
Yeah basically where I've ended up - I'd cancel Prime out of principle just over the Prime Video ad changes though I do make use of the delivery side, but I've got family using the sharing features who wouldn't be happy with that :s
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Soldato
I agree, we split them in our family.
I only pay for Disney which we share and Apple Music for my partner and I. We all used to be spending an absolute fortune having all the services individually.
I only pay for Disney which we share and Apple Music for my partner and I. We all used to be spending an absolute fortune having all the services individually.
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These are the vouchers I buy for OneDrive. Not worth headache to do it locally IMO. Can you not backup to OneDrive on iOS?
Spotify is a waste of money if you already have YT Premium as YT Music is great, that's one thing you can easily cut out
Have you not used the YouTube Music app?
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These are the vouchers I buy for OneDrive. Not worth headache to do it locally IMO. Can you not backup to OneDrive on iOS?
Nope, iCloud only. 100% worth the headache for me because once I’ve spent the money that’s it.
I’ve been having endless issues with OneDrive anyway :/
My point was more around maintaining it, relying on your home net access, replacing drives etc... Had many NAS's all my life, always mothball them in the end lol
Soldato
Only Spotify, I love music for me it's worth it.
I did have Netflix for a good number of years, but I binned that off about 4 months ago and I don't miss it now.
If there was such a thing a as a Spotify for movies, I'd probably get that, even if it was expensive, but it would need to have, within reason, almost every movie on there.
I did have Netflix for a good number of years, but I binned that off about 4 months ago and I don't miss it now.
If there was such a thing a as a Spotify for movies, I'd probably get that, even if it was expensive, but it would need to have, within reason, almost every movie on there.
Disney+ is free with my Lloyds account.
Apple is free with the Wife’s Barclay’s account.
She insists and pays for Netflix, I think it’s utter junk and would never pay for that with my own money.
I do pay for Paramount which I personally think has all the best stuff on.
The iCloud popularity surprises me, is this just for lazy people who don’t back up their photos on their computers anymore?
Apple is free with the Wife’s Barclay’s account.
She insists and pays for Netflix, I think it’s utter junk and would never pay for that with my own money.
I do pay for Paramount which I personally think has all the best stuff on.
The iCloud popularity surprises me, is this just for lazy people who don’t back up their photos on their computers anymore?
Man of Honour
Nothing. But i dread the moment when the big game companies all agree that you can only play on a subscription model. That day is coming, but no-one wants to go first.
I'll look into that, thanks