What subscriptions have you kept paying for during lockdown?

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by louisblythe • 6 years ago

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deanmoriarty2• 6 years ago

I have no subscriptions at all, so nothing changed for me. My only recurring monthly expenses are rent and utilities.

muzani2• 6 years ago

Is this because you don't have anything to subscribe to or to conserve money in some way?

popeathlete• 6 years ago

Not him but I don't feel the need to have a subscription. I could subscribe to one service, but it has an alternative superior to it which is mostly free.

deanmoriarty2• 6 years ago

I am a pretty frugal person, but the real reason is that I don’t have anything to subscribe, I find the free options good enough for my needs.

joe_the_user• 6 years ago

I haven't changed my meetup.com subscription. Meetup is a fantastic site for in-person events and I really want to see the service survive the Covid events even though all my meetups are on hiatus.

muzani2• 6 years ago

VPN, Netflix, Spotify, Pluralsight, Jetbrains.

scarface74• 6 years ago

Netflix ($5 through T-mobile), R#, Hulu Live Tv (mostly for my wife), Disney+ (for my son), Amazon Prime and BackBlaze.

I get free

ZinnZirconium• 6 years ago

I opened a new bank account specifically to pay Scaleway even though they announced during lockdown that ARM servers are discontinued.

runawaybottle• 6 years ago

Sadly, WeWork. They make you have to call in to cancel your subscription (I have the cheapest possible one to squat a office every now and then).

Wish they’d just put a simple ‘Cancel’ button, being a ‘tech’ company and all.

mortivore• 6 years ago

Netflix, Disney+, Amazon Prime, Spotify, Crunchyroll, HBO Now(considering dropping this), Audible(picked this back up for long walks during pandemic)

What subscriptions have you kept paying for during lockdown?

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