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How many monthly subscriptions do you have? Is it too much?

unrealist

unrealist

Member
Oct 27, 2017
757
Minus the essential necessities like your electricity/water/phone/internet bill, how many "luxury" subscriptions do you have running? Do you really use all of them? I think everything is moving towards monthly subscriptions nowadays. I am thinking of getting rid of a few..

1) Netflix (the second tier)
2) Spotify Premium
3) Xbox GamePass (prepaid for 2 years)
4) Nintendo Online (family plan prepaid for 1 year)
5) Amazon Prime
 
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Into the Woods
The Fallen
Oct 25, 2017
12,351
Parts Unknown
Yeah, I pretty much use all of them

- Nintendo Switch Online ($20/year)
- Xbox Game Pass Ultimate (paid through Feb 2023)
- Final Fantasy XIV ($15/month)

I mooch off my parents' Netflix
 
Knight613

Knight613

Member
Oct 25, 2017
20,675
San Francisco
Most of mine has been pre-paid for years at a time aside from Amazon Prime which is yearly and Netflix which is free with my T-Mobile plan.
 
BasilZero

BasilZero

Banned
Oct 25, 2017
36,343
Omni
TV/Movie
1. Disney+ - Watch one movie per weekend at the least - $69.99 per year
2. HBO Max - Watch one movie per weekend at the least - $14.99 per month
3. Disney Hotstar (for my parents and wife) - they watch their Indian Drama shows and News - $99.99 per year ($69.99 for the first year)

Gaming
1. Humble Choice (Classic) - gives me my monthly dose of Indie games I wouldnt otherwise buy individually with the occasional AA/AAA - $11.99 per month

Music
1. Amazon Music (Regular) - for our Amazon Echo Studio mainly used by my parents and my wife - first 3 months free, until Feb 2021


We use them all.

I'm thinking of getting Netflix in the future but no idea. HBO Max/Disney+ was a given for sure.
 
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unrealist

unrealist

Member
Oct 27, 2017
757
Kinda surprised to see no one is subbed to cloud storage like OneDrive, Google Drive or Dropbox
 
Asmar

Asmar

Member
Oct 27, 2017
402
Only Netflix (4k plan) that I share with 3 of my brothers
I used to have PS+, Gamepass, switch online and other video streaming services (local to my country) at certain points in the past but I felt each one of them was unneeded.
Oh, I have Youtube premium which is something I don't see myself without ever.
 
jph139

jph139

One Winged Slayer
Member
Oct 25, 2017
14,373
Not that much, actually.

Netflix is free(-ish) with T-Mobile. HBO Max I mooch off my parents' cable. Hulu I got a year for $1.99 a month - probably won't get another unless there's a similar deal. Nintendo Switch Online, $20 a year. Marvel Unlimited, $60 a year.

Anything else (Game Pass, Criterion, Amazon Prime, DC Universe) I just get on a per-month basis when something I want pops up.
 
jobrro

jobrro

The Fallen
Nov 19, 2017
1,621
1. PS+ (but pay yearly, usually 30 percent off sale or like that.
2. Nintendo Switch Online, but got current year for free.
3. GamePass, but got 3 years for cheap with the gold conversion.
4. Netflix
5. Disney+, pay yearly

Also currently have YouTube Premium but its just a free four month trial. Probably won't resubscribe for the price it is.

Use them often enough to keep for the price I pay. If Disney+ price increases by much I might just get it a month every now and then.
 
Rygar 8Bit

Rygar 8Bit

Member
Oct 25, 2017
15,855
Site-15
Netflix
HBO Max
Disney + with Hulu
Youtube Red
Xboxlive and PC GamePass
PSN
Playstation Now
Nintendo Online
Giantbomb
Easy Allies Patreon
A Twitch tier 1 sub
Not monthly but I also have a Prime and the $100 a year EA Premium access.
 
tadaima

tadaima

Member
Oct 30, 2017
2,843
Tokyo, Japan
Spotify
Amazon Prime
Apple TV
Disney+
Netflix
Nintendo Switch Online (it's annual though)
Komiflo
Google Drive
Apple iCloud
Freee (accounting software)
Various Amazon "subscribe and save" products (e.g. water, bathroom stuff, beer)
Kickboxing gym
Anytime Fitness

I should probably cancel some of those.
 
Voyager

Voyager

Banned
Oct 27, 2017
3,638
Disney+
Hulu, add free
ESPN+
HBO Max
Netflix
Amazon Prime
Apple Music Family Plan

Seriously considering canceling Netflix though.
 

dead souls

Member
Oct 25, 2017
4,317
Netflix, HBO Max, Showtime, Hulu, Amazon Prime (yearly), Disney+ (3 year deal), chapo trap house patreon.

Everything except Disney+ gets used quite frequently.
 
Wubby

Wubby

Member
Oct 27, 2017
3,849
Japan!
Ranked from most used to least:

1. Apple 2TB storage (technically most used as everything is being backed up in the background)
2. Spotify
3. Netflix
4. Amazon
5. Disney+

I have the Apple TV as well but am not paying for it. I'd upgrade to their Premier One plan if they ever let us in Japan then get the Arcade, Music, News as well.
Will be subbing to GamePass likely this weekend.

Edit: Forgot Gym/Onsen! That's 6000 yen a month and the most pricy one.
 
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Typhoon20

Typhoon20

Banned
Oct 28, 2017
1,568
Netflix
Gamepass

Only 2 that truly matter to me. Both best services within their own medium.
 
mhayes86

mhayes86

Member
Oct 27, 2017
5,246
Maryland
Pretty much just Amazon Prime, Nintendo Online (for cloud backups), and Disney+. All of which are annual subs.

I grab PS+ when it suits me (usually for Souls co-op) since I can backup saves to an external drive, GamePass for PC when there's a game added that I want to play, and Netflix is shared from a family member.
 
Kinketsu

Kinketsu

Member
Nov 17, 2017
1,975
I dont have many subscriptions that I know of.

Netflix - about 1,400 yen a month I think? One down from the top tier.
My kid uses it everyday. I watch things when I get the chance, definitely worth it for us. Also at least three people in two different countries are mooching my account!

PlayStation Plus - about 6000 yen for a year
This doesnt usually actually cost me so to speak because my brother almost always sends me PSN money for my birthday/Christmas and I usually cash out some of that into PSplius. I dont play much online, mostly SFV for three matches or so once in a while, but I like getting the free games even if I dont enjoy most of them and have to RE4 inventory tetris my hard drive to install them most months.

Amazon Music - I have no idea what it costs
We got an Amazon Dot speaker thing as a present once and I believe my wife re-upped the subscription because it still plays music when you yell at it. I have no idea what it costs though but I know it is the least expensive one. Usage wise, I dont really ever use it but again my wife and kid like it.
 
Hokey

Hokey

Member
Oct 29, 2017
2,164
I only have Netflix that I pay for and even then I turn it for a few months once a year. I have a Nintendo account but my mate pays for that on his family sub.
 
Fire Bocchi

Fire Bocchi

Member
Oct 25, 2017
1,643
1. crunchryoll
2.funimation
3.youtube premium
4. disney plus
5. netflix
6. hidive(sometimes,not subbed atm due to all shows their streaming this season also being be on crunchyroll)
 
TheMadTitan

TheMadTitan

Member
Oct 27, 2017
27,208
Amazon Prime
Netflix
Spotify
Sirius XM; this one only exists because I forgot to cancel the trial before it kept auto-renewing.
 
bremon

bremon

Member
Oct 27, 2017
7,853
Netflix.
Spotify.
Prime.
Disney+.
Nintendo online.

I really ought to cancel Nintendo and Prime. Very little use for them. Disney year is up right away, I'll likely get a month or two and call it good. Spotify I really should cancel and switch to Apple One. It seems like a good value.
 
Freezasaurus

Freezasaurus

Member
Oct 25, 2017
56,964
  • Netflix
  • Disney+
  • HBO Max
  • Amazon Prime
  • Adobe Photoshop
  • PS+
  • Nintendo Online
  • Comixology Unlimited
Though four of these are paid annually and not monthly.
 
toohectic

toohectic

Member
Oct 27, 2017
238
I think I'm limited to just 5...

Amazon Prime
Apple iCloud
Tesla Connectivity
VPN
YouTube Premium / YouTube Music
 
hiredhand

hiredhand

Member
Feb 6, 2019
3,147
Spotify (will likely never cancel this)

Mubi (I will cancel this soon since it stopped working on my blu-ray player, currently paying a discounted rate)

Nextory (audiobook service, 3-user-sub I share with my brothers)

I'm also mooching off my brothers Netflix sub.
 
smurfx

smurfx

Banned
Oct 25, 2017
10,578
youtube premium
netflix
hbo max
hulu plus
starz
prime
curiosity stream

i don't really use that many of them. i mostly just have them for my nephews and nieces. only one i use all the time is youtube premium.
 
Ghost Slayer

Ghost Slayer

Member
Oct 30, 2017
1,407
Netflix Premium
Apple Music
MS 365 Family (yearly)
Dataquest Premium (yearly)

I planned to sub GamePass as well but had to cut due to tight budget, not sure if I have time to play games nowadays

unrealist said:
Kinda surprised to see no one is subbed to cloud storage like OneDrive, Google Drive or Dropbox
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MS 365 sub comes with 1TB OneDrive and you get Office products as well
 
pants

pants

Avenger
Oct 27, 2017
3,176
The business model for this is that they hope you just stop using and forget about it, while still printing them money. I've sat in meetings where people talked about it entirely straight faced.
 
shoptroll

shoptroll

Member
May 29, 2018
3,680
Netflix (whatever the lowest cost HD stream is)
Amazon Prime (I really need to sit down and see if this is worth it still for me)
Spotify Premium
Nintendo Online

Use all of them pretty regularly except for the Nintendo one
 
ZeroX

ZeroX

Banned
Oct 25, 2017
21,266
Speed Force
Monthly subs? I pay $1 for 50GB of iCloud data and $5 for a Patreon podcast. Pretty sure that's it.

I get Spotify Premium free and I don't really use streaming services unless there's a particular show I want and I can't just borrow an account from a friend.
 
Gorgamel

Gorgamel

Member
Oct 25, 2017
451
I just realized, I have a lot:

Media subscriptions:
  • Netflix
  • Hulu
  • HBO Max
  • Disney+
  • Prime Video
  • CBS All Access
  • Spotify
Health apps:
  • Strava
  • TrainingPeaks
  • MyFitnessPal
  • Xert
  • Zwift

Software:
  • PSN+
  • Office 365
  • VSCO
  • Google Drive Storage
  • Lastpass
 
Mazzo

Mazzo

Member
Oct 27, 2017
1,419
Brazil
humble monthly (paused for like 10 months straight)
netflix
nintendo online (canceled this month. I had planned to resub for MH Rise, but now it seems that's coming to pc so...)

will probably only have netflix soon enough
 
shaneo632

shaneo632

Weekend Planner
Member
Oct 29, 2017
28,989
Wrexham, Wales
Nah I just switch between the ones I want and treat it like a buffet. Having them all all-year round would be way too expensive and I wouldn't get enough out of it.
 
Dynamite Ringo Matsuri

Dynamite Ringo Matsuri

Member
Oct 26, 2017
1,743
Netflix
Amazon
Disney Plus
Crunchy Roll
Apple TV

Apple Music

PSN
Nintendo Online

Yeah it's pretty damned stupid. The only ones I use consistently are Apple Music, Netflix and Amazon
 
Chrome Hyena

Chrome Hyena

Member
Oct 30, 2017
8,768
Too fucking many:
Disney+
Netflix
Hulu
Amazon prime
Crunchyroll
Funimation
HBO Max
Xbox game pass ultimate x2
Nintendo online x2
Ffxiv
Swtor
Amazon music unlimited
Audible
CBS
Youtube premium


Jeez... Yeah too much.

Edited: forgot some.
 

Deleted member 17627

Banned
Oct 27, 2017
5,364
  • Playstation Plus
  • Nintendo Switch Online
That's it, lol.

Cancelled the rest of my subscriptions a while back when I figured out replacements for them. Shows, I try to watch when scheduled on cable and anime I just watch the free versions of Crunchyroll and Funimation and watch my Blu-Rays. Music, I pretty much just pull up Youtube or Soundcloud to listen.

I honestly have so little free time that I never really saw the point of having subscriptions to numerous places at once, there's a lot of content I've yet to catch up anyways.
 
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