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I would never buy the subscriptions that most people buy (YouTube Premium, Netflix or similar). It's just too easy to pirate.
I don't know if never.
But I don't want a smartwatch.
I've never carried a watch in general and I don't see the appeal of it when I carry a smartphone all day anyway.
I freaking love wearing a wristwatch, but it's most useful for stuff when you're running around grabbing stuff trying to get kids out the door, or carrying a ton of stuff while setting up/tearing down a display for an event, basically situations not condusive to most smart watches where you have to do a gesture of some kind to wake the screen, you just want to quickly glance and continue
Also having been getting heavy into fitness (biking specifically but also some running and hiking), I get how cool having heart data and whatnot is, but ehhhh. Kinda not really necessary. I get handy GPS data from my phone and that's sufficient. I can't do anything meaningful with the heart data, but I can make very useful decisions with distance/time metrics! Or when lifting just knowing the weight I'm working with, how many sets & reps is more than enough
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After building my first pc I will never buy a pre built again. I might never buy a pc again (pc of thesius!)
At some point if you decide you want a significantly newer or more powerful CPU or GPU (for example), there's a solid chance you'll need to replace the motherboard or the power supply. At that point, we're playing Theseus.
Then again, mine was a 10 year old budget build and my hobbies changed significantly, so you might not actually need to upgrade at all if your computing needs aren't hungry.
Yeah, replacing the motherboard is when I begin to consider building a new one and repurposing my current one. Because if I’m replacing the mobo, I’m probably going to have to replace the CPU and RAM, because the sockets will be different. And at that point, I might as well just go ahead and replace the PSU too, so the rating is up to date. Now I can rip out my old GPU and move it over, but that would leave my old build without one… And what if I wanted to use it for something that would potentially need a GPU, like a 4k Plex/Jellyfin server? My cooler can probably be repurposed, at least?
I might as well just go ahead and replace the PSU too, so the rating is up to date
A good PSU will have an 8-10 year or longer warranty so that'll should a couple of refresh cycles or more usually. Especially if you're upgrading every 3 years (I'm on a 5-10 year cycle, or more accurately a "whenever a key component dies or is truly no longer up to the task at hand" cycle)
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- Phones on contract payment plans
- New monitors: Maybe my eyes suck, but my set of two 21-inch LCD monitors from 2005 is still going strong
- Third-party meal delivery: I'm fine sitting down with a microwaved meal or some canned soup if I don't feel like cooking
- A new car every x years: My car of choice is old and relatively cheap, so I could afford to pay in full in cash. Bonus of being spyware-free, so I'll just maintain it for as long as I can.
- Stuff from Aliexpress, Temu and the like: the user experience is horrendous, customer service is nonexistent, and discount codes are pure gimmicks
New monitors: Maybe my eyes suck, but my set of two 21-inch LCD monitors from 2005 is still going strong
Your eyes don't suck. You just want to abuse them for some reason. Modern display tech is way easier on your eyes.
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I was with you up until aliexpress.
There's definitely junk on there, but if you look for high purchase volume plus good ratings you'll get plenty of high quality stuff (minus the middle-man markup).
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A 144hz monitor has been the biggest upgrade to my computer since switching from an HDD to a SSD. It's that big of a difference.
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Software subscriptions. I’ll buy a perpetual license if there’s no decent open source alternative as long as it will run offline. For example, $300 for Marvelous Designer back in the day was reasonable, but they can fuck right off with the subscription-only model.
Smart - anything.
Why do you need a smart doorbell? Why do you need a smart appliance? You're just inviting waves of survelliance not to mention the bandwidth from all of that shit having to tap into the internet.
Television. It's like paying to see ads.
Hand soap. Dish soap works better and you can use it on dishes in addition to your hands.
A dining table. I eat at my desk or standing at a counter. I was pressured into buying one by family because it was apparently bizarre to them I did not have one. Got the cheapest one I could find to appease them. I have now owned it for 4 years and it has never been used once, it just takes up space.
Just wanted to add that dish soap is actually very strong and removes all the natrual oils from your skin. If you are prone to sensitive skin it's a bad habit to regularly use dish soap as it can aggrivate it. Every now and then isn't going to hurt though.
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I couldn't live without a dining table. Where else would I keep car parts when they come out of the dishwasher?
Hand soap. Dish soap works better and you can use it on dishes in addition to your hands.
I was always told it would fuck up your hands. Does it?
In my personal experience, it absolutely does. Only time I've ever had seriously painful dry skin on my hands was when I was out of hand soap for a week. But I do wash my hands frequently.
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Alcohol, tobacco
A car. Gas/petrol for a car. A parking spot for a car. Car insurance. A driver's license. Winter tires for cars. Anything car related.
It's so ridiculous to pay for a mobile living room that needs to be parked everywhere people go with it.
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Car. I hope I never have to buy a car. They suck.
Holiday decorations. They are just plastic shit. Put a gun to my head, I would already know that every other weekend estate sale is going to have a whole room full of decor that is headed for a landfill. Some psychotics even buy new gimcrack every single year. They are evil, and they need to be stopped.
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Smart home devices. IOT devices. Subscriptions to things I paid for at purchase (car stuff like upgraded performance or heated seats)
Anything apple
Apples are my favourite snack!
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Only Fans cause that shit is free dude
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Anything advertised on Instagram or Facebook by "influencers" like some cable tv tele-marathon my grandma would fall for.
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Stocks and shares in any sort of oil and gas company, Google, Meta, Amazon, etc.
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- P*rn premium subscriptions
- Tinder premium
- Paper news subscription or any printed magazine
- Paid tv channels
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Restaurant fries and drinks.
Was on a really tight budget for a time, so I know I can feed myself for a few Euros a day. Going back to fast food restaurants at all still instils some guilt in me, but there is 1 that has unbelievably good prices and I can still appreciate the convenience at times.
But fries and drinks are just a scam with how big the profit margins are, and not even hard to prepare at home if you're ordering take out or have it delivered (I also don't pay for delivery, my bike is free).
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A few people are saying "streaming services", I go further and rarely-if-ever buy entertainment media. Music, videos, games, websites.
Not even pirating most of the time, there's a whole world of good Creative Commons music, FOSS games and actual creative communities (not just parasocial fan communities) for me to be entertained for lifetimes. It's just healthier to be outside the world of profit and addiction machines. (It amazes me that people can think 'influencer' is not a creepy ominous title)
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