How Subscription Services are designed to BANKRUPT you

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• Apollo2323@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I like the video overall but at the end he recommends Surfshark VPN as the only “subscription worth it” like come on.

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  • bobs_monkey@lemm.ee ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    That’s how he can afford to pay $1000+ in subscription fees EVERY MONTH

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    • Nath@aussie.zone ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      £1,212 is more like $1,500 US dollars. Which is nuts.

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  • fer0n@lemm.ee ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    That’s an extremely poor choice of sponsorship for that particular video, made me laugh quite a bit

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• bobs_monkey@lemm.ee ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Wanna know how to not be beholden to all these fees? Put in the effort to divorce yourself from these companies. You’re paying for convenience. Go pick up your food yourself. Take the time to research products from different companies, and acknowledge and be patient that they won’t be there immediately. Cultivate your own media library. Find replacement software if at all possible. All of these things take much more effort, but you’ll save yourself the money and you’ll stop supporting these damn companies that are raiding your bank accounts. Obviously some subscriptions are impossible to avoid, like a cell phone plan, home internet, work-related things, etc. But how anyone pays triple for a meal is just baffling. And some people do it every. Single. Day.

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  • backpackn@lemmy.ml ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    AlternativeTo is a great way to find free/open source software alternatives to whatever you’re currently using.

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    • Kissaki@beehaw.org ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I just wish they hadn’t split description and alternative listings into two separate pages. It was way better before.

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    • bobs_monkey@lemm.ee ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Thank you for this! I’ve been looking to find something to replace QuickBooks, and this seems super helpful, much appreciated.

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  • callouscomic@lemm.ee ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I haven’t been to a theater in more than a decade, I almost never eat at places that traditionally request tips (cause I don’t agree with it), and I have literally never once ever used a service like Uber or DoorDash.

    Helps avoid adding new costs to my lifestyle by simply trying not to care about these things. I don’t trust people, and I don’t mind driving, so I would never use on eof those services, amd I feel like my couch and TV at home look and sound better than a theater, amd I’m more comfortable.

    Another tip, if you ever get the itch for a new car, instead go pay for a car detail cleaning. It’ll make you feel good for a while and is far cheaper.

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  • remington@beehaw.org ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    This is the way.

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• Even_Adder@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  They put their own dark pattern at the end of the video.

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  • PenguinTD@lemmy.ca ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    thanks lemmy and now I know what it is and doesn’t have to watch. ;)

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    • Even_Adder@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      They cover more than just dark patterns in case you still want to watch.

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• shortwavesurfer@monero.town ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Well, I’m doing better than that guy anyway. I only pay $10 per month for Kagi and Proton.

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  • flora_explora@beehaw.org ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Seems like he is doing pretty well. Paying 1200£/month and not noticing is very privileged. But yeah, I also only pay like 1€/month for my mail account and nothing else.

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    • shortwavesurfer@monero.town ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I was thinking the exact same thing actually because us normal people start getting a bit antsy when things hit a hundred dollars a month, not twelve hundred.

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