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submitted 7 months ago by dep@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

Really just curious what folks out there deem valuable enough to give money for monthly or annually. As a software engineer I have quite a few that keep me productive and I'll list a few:

  • ChatGPT
  • Perplexity
  • Obsidian Sync
  • YouTube Premium
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[-] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

I'm a software engineer as well, but (almost) none of my subscriptions are related to that. Currently:

  • Netflix
  • Disney+ bundle
  • Bitwarden (yearly)
  • DNS names (yearly) - currently unused because I bailed on Vultr due to TOS BS; this is for personal projects
  • Tiller (yearly) - pulls transactions from my various accounts

That's about it. Everything else I buy one at a time, like video games or donations.

I'd like to drop Netflix and Disney+ over their stupid ad policy, but my wife and kids use them a lot.

Here's some stuff I plan to get soon:

  • VPN - probably Mullvad
  • Tuta - finally axe Google
  • VPS - probably Hetzner; I'd prefer one without forced arbitration though; could get by if something like Tailscale allowed custom domains and port forwards
  • Backblaze B2 - backups
[-] GissaMittJobb@lemmy.ml 1 points 7 months ago

Google One, Spotify, Netflix and Nebula.

[-] ShittyBeatlesFCPres@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

Too many but here’s a few off the top of my head:

  • GitHub Pro and Copilot
  • ChatGPT
  • Linode (I self-host a lot of things but keep Nextcloud off-site for backups)
  • YouTube Premium and Nebula
  • RadarScope, Windy, and NightSky (astronomy hobby plus I live in NOLA so good weather apps are kind of a must have)
  • Feedly
  • Bitwarden
  • TripIt
  • Apple Music

There’s more but as a developer, I try to pay for software. (I mean, if I don’t, who will?) I’ll sail the high seas for some stuff but only if the company pisses me off.

[-] fleet@lemmy.ca 1 points 7 months ago
  • bitwarden
  • proton VPN
  • purelymail
[-] hperrin@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)
  • ChatGPT
  • YouTube Premium
  • DoorDash
  • ProtonMail
  • Google (storage)
  • Apple (storage)
  • MLB (game audio)
  • GitHub Premium
  • Various Twitch Streamers
  • Dropout
  • Apple Music

I think that’s it. I would subscribe to Port87, but I made it, so I don’t need to.

I understand that that’s a lot of subscriptions. I used to have a lot more, and I’ve been slowly unsubscribing.

I’ve almost replaced ProtonMail with Port87, so that will be the next to go. I like ProtonMail, but I only subscribed so that I could do the things Port87 does automatically. I’ll still subscribe to Proton VPN though. I need that for… Linux ISOs.

I’ve also almost replaced Google Photos with Immich, so that will go soon too.

I’m thinking about replacing Apple Music with a self hosted option.

I also am finding ChatGPT less and less useful as open source LLMs get closer in quality.

[-] niisama6928@lemm.ee 1 points 7 months ago

Can you please link a guide to how to setup open source LLMs or some list so that I can look it up?

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[-] BallsandBayonets@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

YouTube music only, unfortunately. Unfortunate not because it's the only expense of its type that I have, but because like so many Google products it's a worse version of something they used to offer for free. And there isn't a good alternative that I've found yet, and no music streaming service pays the artists anything worth mentioning.

[-] Xianshi@lemm.ee 1 points 7 months ago
[-] CaptPretentious@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

Bitwarden Copilot YT Premium

[-] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Seedbox (+included vpn)
Usenet
YT Prem
Spotify
Ionos Mail
O365 (but I bought vouchers for 3 years at a reduced price)
-> I prefer Outlook over Thunderbird. Though with the new interface they had done I will probably migrate to it once it expires. The OneDrive storage is used for Obsidian.md. I store obsidian locally but sync it with the community plugin "remotely save").
Bitwarden
1 or 2 items I don't remember right now.

[-] SEND_NOODLES_PLS@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago
  • Protonmail
  • Spotify
  • Kagi search
  • a handful of servers scattered in DigitalOcean, Hetzner, and AWS
  • Sendgrid
[-] spiderman@ani.social 1 points 7 months ago

just for pia vpn since i don't trust free vpns, also try claude opus instead of chatgpt, it's better imo.

[-] RonSijm@programming.dev 1 points 7 months ago
  • AWS Cloud services
  • Azure devops build services
  • OpenAI API
  • JetBrains Toolbox
  • OneDrive
  • Protonmail
[-] I_Miss_Daniel@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

Express VPN for foreign free to air TV, ad blocking on multiple devices. 200gb Google Cloud storage. Vultr VPN for Wireguard.

[-] JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee 1 points 7 months ago

Mythic beasts server hosting, namecheap domain hosting.

[-] starman@programming.dev 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Bitwarden and a domain, if it counts.

[-] cestvrai@lemm.ee 1 points 7 months ago

Also a dev.

  • Protonmail
  • YT premium
  • Hetzner VPS (€20/m)
  • Cloudflare domains
[-] JakenVeina@lemm.ee 1 points 7 months ago

A couple of video streaming services, Hulu, which includes Disney+, Discovery+ and Netflix. That totals up to like $50/mo or so.

Other than that, it's aaaallllll independent creators, through Twitch or Patreon.

[-] mikey@sh.itjust.works 1 points 7 months ago

For me, as an SRE:

  • Mullvad VPN
  • Google Drive (until I set up my NAS)
  • YouTube Premium
  • ChatGPT (but I am thinking of trying out Claude 3 instead)

Other, non-tech subscriptions:

  • Public transport
  • Public bike sharing
  • Food delivery

Things I might pay for if my employer didn't:

  • IntelliJ Ultimate
  • GitHub Copilot

Random IT-adjacent services I occasionally donate to:

  • Codeberg
  • Wikipedia
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