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Ask Slashdot: Your Favorite Subscription Services?

Posted by msmash on from the let's-get-going dept.

An anonymous reader writes: What are some subscriptions services that you are paying for and love to pay? Please include music/movie services, news outlets, software, and courses.

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  1. amazon prime by maliqua · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Amazon prime is like 'fast china' you can buy something for $4 you pay $4 and $4 only then it shows up at your door

  2. Magazines - NY'er by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I've been getting the New Yorker (not to be confused with New York) for about 15 years and it's among the best money I've spent. The long-form journalism is unbeatable- you get great detail about a wide variety of subjects. I'm a fan of the print issue so you can have it around anytime and anywhere (plus the long articles are hard to read on devices).

    It's also fun to pair it with magazines like Harper's and the Atlantic- you start to realize that some subjects will just make the rounds, and if you see it in two of three it'll definitely be on NPR.

  3. Quite a few by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I am paying for Pandora for no ads, Netflix (streaming + DVDs), Prime for shipping and TV, and HideMyIP for VPN services. I feel like all of them are an ok value. Then I donate to my local NPR station and subscribe to the Washington Post, because someone needs to keep actual journalists employed.

  4. Re:Piratebay by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Interesting

    My UseNet and NZB Indexer Subscriptions save me from all the HBO piracy threats, and costs a fraction of what a CableTV subscription costs..

  5. Audible is my jam by Coldeagle · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Audible is my favorite service, I've been an audible customer for over a dozen years and have over 800 books in my audible library. They're the ones I can't do without.

    I also subscribe to Hulu, Netflix, Playstation Vue (cable replacement), HBO Now, and Amazon Prime (also use it for add free music, their free version of music has a pretty wide selection, you don't have to pay extra).

  6. I spend 5x the effort of paying for subscriptions by xxxJonBoyxxx · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I probably spend about 5x the effort of paying for subscriptions finding ways around them. The intellectual reward is worth the extra time - it's like a real-world puzzle. With the glut of entertainment available today, the thrill of unlocking a [game]/[show] /[book] seems to make it worth consuming.

  7. Huh? by aquabat · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Loving a service is one thing, but if you love paying the bill, there's something seriously wrong with you. (No offence).

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    A republic cannot succeed till it contains a certain body of men imbued with the principles of justice and honour.
  8. Everyone rents their house by Weaselmancer · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Property tax.

    You have to pay it every year, and if you don't the government will throw you out of your house and sell it to pay off your tax debt. They can call it a tax all they want, but it's rent. The dynamic is exactly the same. Pay a recurring sum without end or be evicted. Rent.

    Everyone in the US is renting their home from the government.

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    Weaselmancer
    rediculous.
    1. Re:Everyone rents their house by kanwisch · · Score: 3, Interesting

      And having lived 10 years in IN, my experience is that the quality of schools shows it. A top-level private education turned out to be roughly equivalent to public schools in IA. The roads outside Indy were atrocious, too, and it was the first state in which I observed paved roads being rolled back to gravel.

      You do get what you pay for, IMHO.

  9. My VPN service by johanw · · Score: 3, Interesting

    So I can get easily to the Pirate Bay and don't pay for anythging else.

  10. NHL.TV, MLB.TV, and AFL Live Pass by AF_Cheddar_Head · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Get my sports fix without having to pay the cable or satellite providers.