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[-] Durandal@lemmy.today 55 points 2 months ago

Nebula. It’s a video streaming service that is ad free and directly supports the creators.

https://nebula.tv/

[-] Sakychu@lemmy.world 27 points 2 months ago

It's crazy that we live in a time where you have to add to your answer that it is ad free

[-] stinerman@midwest.social 12 points 2 months ago

I also have a Nebula subscription and recommend it as well. $60/yr or a $300 lifetime subscription.

[-] Durandal@lemmy.today 10 points 2 months ago

Frequently you can get discount codes from the creators on there. I think I paid $20 this year.

[-] popekingjoe@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

Yeah I paid $30. Totally worth it.

[-] yamanii@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

As a fan of Jet Lag and the crew, it pains me how expensive it is outside the US.

[-] solrize@lemmy.world 49 points 2 months ago

Um subscription to what? Is none an ok answer?

[-] Mr_Blott@feddit.uk 8 points 1 month ago

I pay for my fibre, and my phone. They're indispensable.

Oh and a VPN

I can see why people pay subscriptions for media, but people who pay subscriptions for software or services are a massive problem. If people refused to use a service as soon as it turned to a subscription model, the idea would've died out

Nope, folks are fucking stupid

[-] xigoi 13 points 1 month ago

What’s wrong with paying a subscription for a service that requires resources to continuously operate, such as email hosting?

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[-] lolola@lemmy.blahaj.zone 43 points 2 months ago

A bus pass maybe, that way you can just get on and not have to fumble around paying the fare when you board.

[-] return2ozma@lemmy.world 11 points 2 months ago

I live in the Los Angeles area and have a car but yes, I have the bus pass on my phone for when I don't want to drive or just have a short trip in town. It's great!

[-] Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 1 month ago

Maybe it’s just my area but there’s also like, a 25% chance the reader won’t work and you’ll just get a free ride if you try to pay with your phone rather than cash. It makes hopping on the bus a fun gamble!

[-] jws_shadotak@sh.itjust.works 26 points 2 months ago

A reputable VPN, preferably with port forwarding (I use AirVPN, $5/mo and I have no problems with it.)

A Usenet provider and indexer (Newshosting is reasonable; nzbgeek offers a lifetime subscription)

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[-] Lyre@lemmy.ca 25 points 2 months ago

Paying the subscription for The Great Courses is absolutely insane value if its something you use regularly. Its not a credit system like Audible, its literally unlimited streaming of university level courses for 20$ a month (or like 12$ if you pay annually). The individual courses can cost upwards of 100$ so even if you only take one course every two months you still haven't lost money.

It's infinite learning, i cant shill hard enough.

[-] AnarchistsForKamala@lemmy.world 15 points 2 months ago

my library gives them to me for free through hoopla

[-] Lyre@lemmy.ca 8 points 2 months ago

Thats awesome! Do they offer the whole catalogue?

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[-] return2ozma@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago

Oh this seems like something I'd be interested in for sure. Thank you!

https://www.thegreatcoursesplus.com/

[-] Lyre@lemmy.ca 8 points 2 months ago

You bet! It's even better if you have a braindead job like I do, then you can spend all day learning and getting paid for it.

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[-] Chozo@fedia.io 25 points 1 month ago

YouTube Premium. I watch a lot of content on YT. I work from home and will generally have something on in the background while I work, so I'm easily consuming 10+ hours of content a day. It's honestly worth it for me, if for nothing else than to avoid the cat-and-mouse hellscape of adblocking. I'd rather pay $25 each month and have everyone in my family have an ad-free experience on all their devices no matter where they are or what network they're using, than having to help them troubleshoot browser extensions and DNS settings and PiHoles and all that.

Edit: Absolutely insane that people are upset that I pay for a service I make use out of, lmao

[-] MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz 15 points 1 month ago

It also pays the creators better than ads ever did or ever will.

Sure you could pay them all individually, but that gets tedius real fast when you like hundreds of channels.

[-] Chozo@fedia.io 5 points 1 month ago

Yeah, I've got a lot of channels I subscribe to. I don't know the total count right now, but last I checked it was 100+. Some of them are daily/weekly uploaders, but I think a majority of them are much less frequent. If I had the means, I'd rather financially support those creators directly, but that's just impossible for me right now. So at the very least, I'm making my views more valuable to them.

[-] MostlyGibberish@lemm.ee 12 points 1 month ago

It's funny to me that people have such a problem with YouTube Premium. There are a LOT of reasons to criticize YouTube/Google, but YouTube Premium is about as close as it gets to the platonic ideal of a video subscription service. It completely banishes any ads you'd get without paying, and it provides the creators you watch with more value than someone watching without premium. If showing ads is unacceptable, and paying to not see ads is unacceptable, then what's the alternative? People have to make a living, and servers don't run on magic.

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[-] tronx4002@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I had did a premium trial and totally agree. I am always suprised by the people who expect a service as big as youtube to be entirely free.

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[-] GlenRambo@jlai.lu 20 points 2 months ago

Premiumize. I dont fully understand. But they have server farms thst will download your torrent, and then you download the file from them. Its faster and your IP doesn't see it as a torrent. You also dont have to leave ypir PC on if there's only one seeder. If somone else has downloaded thst torrent before its already in the farm and you visit download it from them.

However the main thing is they integrate into Kodi and my new fave Stremio. So you can just stream anything anytime without all the torrent stuff I just mentioned.

[-] popekingjoe@lemmy.world 20 points 1 month ago

Proton Mail. High quality mail service where they don't mine your emails for data to sell. It's like 4-5 bucks a month depending on how you pay and it's been worth every penny.

[-] thisbenzingring 4 points 1 month ago

They are always giving you goodies as a bonus for being a subscriber. I second the proton subscription

[-] m4xie@lemmy.blahaj.zone 20 points 1 month ago

Having your own domain is pretty cool, even if it's just a single page with some text and links to social media profiles.

[-] yessikg@lemmy.blahaj.zone 19 points 1 month ago

PBS, specifically the Passport that you can get through your local PBS. You get tons of content and you support public broadcasting

[-] SparrowHawk@feddit.it 17 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Dropout and MeansTV

Dropout is a mostly improv streaming service, very high quality entertainment and a chemistry between performers only seen between people who love each other, it's like watching a friend group of very prepared comedians. It's about 6 bucks a month and password sharing is encourages

MeansTv is a worker owned streaming service aiming to provide information and entertainment tailored for a class conscious audience, it's mostly documentaries but they're really good and i've seen many ideas from all the left spectrum, it's about 10 bucks a month

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[-] 7EP6vuI@feddit.org 16 points 1 month ago

public library

here the subscription fee for one year is about as expensive as a single book.

[-] Drusas@fedia.io 15 points 2 months ago

Your highest quality local newspaper (includes online).

[-] antithetical@lemmy.deedium.nl 12 points 1 month ago

I have two:

  • di.fm for all your electronic genres music needs (with bonus rock, classical and jazz streams).
  • Kagi for a search engine that actually tries to give you proper results.
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[-] zlatiah@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago
  • A privacy-respecting mail service: I use mailbox.org since it follows email standards, but I think many ppl like Proton mail/Tutanota. Recommend because they are privacy-respecting, and self-hosting email is way too difficult
  • More of a yearly subscription per-se, but a personal domain from any domain registrar. Recommend because why not? There are so many cool things one can do with a domain: custom email, your own blog, professional website for job, ...
  • A VPS from Linode (or any reliable provider). Recommend because some things are better done on a VPS... and I want a public-facing IP that is not directly from my bedroom
  • I used to have subscriptions to the local arcade. Recommend because I basically get cardio workout on the DDR machine (and it costs less than a gym. And easier to cancel)
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[-] some_guy 10 points 1 month ago

http://404media.co

Outstanding journalism from four independently-minded journalists doing their own thing.

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[-] hardcoreufo@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

Volumio - Multiroom audio service. You install the os on a pi and hook up some speakers. The basic streamer is free for local files on a single device at a time. I paid $200 for a lifetime pass a few years ago. That gets you multiroom synced audio like Sonos and lets you add in streaming services.

Qobuz - Music streaming service. Much higher quality than Spotify, no shitty MQA like Tidal. They will have articles diving into a genre, band or record label with links to notable albums. It's "station" playlists and similar artist recommendations are garbage but I'm more of an album person.

[-] flubba86@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Fyi, Tidal dropped MQA in July and moved to using FLAC. https://www.headphonesty.com/2024/06/tidal-officially-dumps-mqa/ I like Qobuz too, and I support and encourage their mission in the streaming world. But personally I find more of my favourite artists are available on Tidal than on Qobuz. Unfortunately I find the tidal "station"-style playlists are also garbage. Nobody has a chance to effectively compete with Spotify's algorithm on that front.

[-] return2ozma@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

I've never heard of Qobuz before but just signed up for the 30 day trial. Thank you!

[-] FR0578Y73@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

I like Qobuz, but it's worth noting Tidal has discontinued their usage of MQA in favour of FLAC across the board.

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[-] Donjuanme@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

GeForce now. As long as you have streaming speed Internet you can play so many games, at such high quality.

Microsoft game pass, I haven't tried it with the above because I don't have great Internet (I've got grandfathered into the intro price of GeForce now, I'm not canceling it, I'll have better Internet some day), but it's better than browsing games at my blockbuster/warehouse/Hollywood video back in the day.

YouTube premium. I've only listen to ads when I've first turned on a new phone, every time I do I count my money as well spent. Add in YouTube music (much better than Spotify imo) and I'm good for 95% of my media input.

A hundred bucks a month on various content creators. Not listening to ads in my podcasts, not having to fast forward and rewind, and supporting the people who make my life happier, it's a win win.

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[-] gregor@gregtech.eu 6 points 1 month ago

My own domain name, on which I host a whole array of services (such as this Lemmy server). Bitwarden is also cool, I pay for it even tho I self host it to support development. But even if one doesn't self host, it's still worth it. Only 10€ per year for such an epic service. A VPS at Hetzner is definetly worth it. A relatively cheap service for all the stuff you can do on it.

[-] sag@lemm.ee 6 points 1 month ago

Monthly Donation to Lemmy Dev or to your favorite FOSS dev.

You know why!

[-] howler@lemmy.zip 5 points 1 month ago

More like a yearly subscription, but Down Dog. Keeps me active and I never get bored with them because the app is very customizable!

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[-] Yerbouti@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Having my Nextcloud instance for file storage, podcast, syncing my phone and photos, etc.

Tidal for music is 10x better than Spotify if you need music streaming. Otherwise buy albums on bandcamp.

[-] AceFuzzLord@lemm.ee 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

So far I have yet to have many problems with the cheapest ProtonVPN plan, which I think it roughly $9.99USD a month. Their Linux application is nowhere near as nice looking as the winblows application, but at least it works.

[-] Hikermick@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

If you like rock and roll then I recommend Night Flight streaming service. They were running a deal if you paid for the year it cost less than $5 a month

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