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Personally I’m only paying for Spotify (while working away in the background to build my own collection) and Kayo, which is an Australian sports service. There is a little bit of fragmentation for sport in Australia but I’ve been lucky with Kayo as they’ve picked up stuff I was paying for elsewhere and it’s become better value over the time I’ve been subscribed.
Netflix is the only major one I’ve ever really paid for and their password gimmick was the straw that broke that for me.
Spotify family only. Everything else on Plex with Radarr, Sonarr and private tracker.
I have Netflix, Hulu, Real-debrid and Spotify. I only pay for Hulu and Spotify (thanks T-mobile for Netflix)
I use Kodi for the bulk of my TV and Movie viewing.
None.
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I just canceled Netflix after the latest crackdown, so I'm down to Amazon Prime now- mostly for the free shipping. Though I support some creators directly with backed.by and Patreon.
Too many.. Netflix, Apple TV, HBO max, Disney plus, prime video… and the amount of times I need to pirate stuff is still increasing. If this gets any worse, and it probably will, I will cancel most or all of my subscriptions.
None, selfhosted is the way.
Only youtube premium. Used to pay for curiositystream as well, buf not anymore.
Streaming service? None.
Netflix and Spotify. I share both with family.
i do use a couple streaming services, but i don't pay for any of them. i do pay for a vpn usually, but i am currently between such services. i think my partner pays for spotify.
ChatGPT, Midjourney, Copilot and Spotify. Considering swapping Spotify for YouTube.
Edit: forgot usenet, and some indexers.
Amazon prime (not for streaming, just comes with it), Netflix (because TMobile pays most of it).
My girlfriend pays Netflix but I still download from torrent even netflix contents because the quality is better and the player I use is way better too.
Netflix, Hulu (No Ads), Plex, Max, Spotify, and Prime. Sometimes Apple TV. And Sling for NFL Red Zone in the fall
Netflix, Amazon prime.
Only for NFLX for the last decade or so, I would had cancelled that subscription years ago, but the guys I share my account with insist in keeping that Netflix account.
I have absolutely no idea why. I haven't watched Netflix in years myself. Well I pay 10 bucks a month for Netflix and the other guys are paying me 12 bucks a month, so this useless subscription costs me -2 bucks every month.
For me pirating is more convenient than watching the very same stuff on Netflix, especially since Netflix stopped working on some of my devices...
YouTube. I more than get my money’s worth from it.
Netflix DVD lol. Gotta feed the Plex server. Wife has Hulu though, mostly for background noise of long going shows. (NCIS, Buffy, Bob's burgers,etc)
I used to pay about $5 for Disney/Star+ for my family but it immediately became a waste, the content was crap and they barely used it.
So then I decided to buy an Android TV box thingy and sideload Stremio, way better than any subscription, they use it all the time. I like it because they see recommendations of shows and movies on their social media and immediately jump into Stremio.
YouTube premium (india prices ftw) & Apple Music
Mullvad, and I'm addicted to buying hard disks and SSDs, never got subscriptions btw, I can just pirate
Curiosity Stream, Nebula, Tidal, Soundcloud, Spotify, Prime, and a Plex share basically.
Brw why you need both Spotify and tidal
Spotify and Dropout.tv
Oh shit, it's me.
YouTube music but only because I got it work via VPN to Argentina for a cheap sub. Same goes for Netflix but via Turkey.
Disney+ is cheap via a voucher on a VPN too, but expires soon. However, just renewed my phone contact which comes with Disney free for 3 months. This phone provider also got me Duolingo free for 3 months.
Phone provider is O2.
Torrent everything else.
Did have Amazon but video content was lacking really... Though really missing the free delivery, so may sub again.
I shift it around depending on what's currently "in season." Right now I have Netflix because of the 3rd season of I Think You Should Leave. But I've watched it all a billion times already so I'm not going to renew until something else comes out.
YouTube Premium, Hulu, Spotify. I pay for these family plans. My wife and I use two seats, and our closest friends are on them as well. In turn, we get their Prime Video, Audible, Netflix, Crunchyroll, Funimation, etc. We all just split the cost.
None. It's stupid to have to pay monthly for access to someone else's content collection when I used to be able to buy content for life and build my own collection, so now I either stream things for free on unofficial sites or download them via unofficial sources. I'll still buy CDs and DVDs occasionally but streaming is bullshit and I'm not playing along.
Most of my media consumption is gaming. I'll happily pay for games, but not for subscription based games, cloud based games, or game library subscriptions like Gamepass. I want to keep what I buy. This "you will own nothing and be happy" future is a dreadful one.
Only Apple Music, and only because it's ever so slightly more convenient for me than not paying for it. Plus, I enjoy discovering new music while I'm out on a long walk.
I pay for Netflix and YouTube, both thru Turkish VPN's for payment.
The TRY currency has only gone down since, paying less than $4 per month for 2-screen Netflix, $2.30 for YouTube Premium Family Plan.
amazon but only because I want free shipping and the streaming service was included. if it wasnt I wouldnt miss it
Disney Plus. I can share it with my out-of-state parents with no trouble. And it's such a great way to watch The Simpsons constantly in the background.
Since Netflix went bonkers and I had to cancel it, D+ is my go-to app. Hopefully they don't go stupid like Netflix, too.