Subscriptions Update With Some Savings
For some reason, those of us who live on the Internet have a fascination with the subscriptions other people are paying for. I'm happy to share mine with the world. Maybe you can find some interesting services or apps in my collection. My total costs are down about $40 a month since I last updated in October.
To see the entire list, go here.
What I eliminated
- Google One - Saved $10 a month (technically, I still have access to Google Drive through my cell phone plan, I'm just not storing anything there any more. I do use Gemini, Google's AI to help me with scripts)
- Hulu - Saved $18.99 a month
- Overcast - Saved $14.99 a year. I just don't listen to podcasts any more.
- Setapp - Saved $12 a month. I still use Setapp, but I no longer have to pay for it since accepting their offer to be an affiliate.
- Amazon Prime - Saved $139 a year - because screw Jeff Bezos, that's why. I also canceled the Washington Post and Audible.
What I added
- Fastmail - Cost $96 a year for two users. Since I no longer give the world's largest data extraction company access to my email, I had to find a place to host it, I'm happy with Fastmail so far.
- kDrive - Coast $7.24 a month. Since I no longer have access to Google Photos or Amazon Photos, I need a cloud solution and this Swiss company's 3 TB plan is the best bargain I could find that had good reviews and satisfied customers.
- Medium -Cost $4.99 a month I have a friend who started a Medium blog, and I wanted him to be able to see that I subscribed, so no more paywall avoidance for me.
New App Subscriptions
- Cheatsheet - I wanted this app forever. I love having short notes on my watch ($5.99/yr)
- Quick Reviews - How could I not support Matt Birchler? ($9.99/yr)
- Quotify - Ongoing search for a good quotes app ($.99/mo)
- Quotz - see above ($2.99/yr)
- Reeder - I'm testing out all the timeline apps ($1/month)
- Skeetz for Bluesky- So much better than the standard app ($1.99/mo)
- Tapestry - another timeline app ($1.99/mo)
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