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The streaming services I do pay for are mostly music, or smaller stuff I want to support.
I'm thinking about grabbing a Deezer or Tidal as well, as they integrate very well with Roon
Usenet! That's a streaming service, right?
The one streaming service I whole-heartedly recommend is dropout.tv. It’s the streaming incarnation of CollegeHumor and was bought out by Sam Reich after being cut from IAC. It’s only $6 a month (and less than $50 for the whole first year) and your subscription directly funds the content creators rather than some huge media conglomerate. It’s niche is basically improv/sketch comedy, game shows, and pop culture chats, plus a lot of DnD. It’s worth it for Game Changer alone which is the funniest game show, and maybe just one of the funniest shows, I’ve ever seen. Many of the Dimension 20 campaigns are amazing as well and Brennan is an excellent DM, in addition to having a great cast to work with.
If I sound like an ad it’s because I pay for basically none of the content I consume but couldn’t in good conscience pirate dropout since it’s independent, overall low-cost, and I enjoy what they make so much I wanted to support them. Rant over!
Wowpresents+ to support drag race and Les Mills to be able to do their trainings.
YT Premium, Spotify, Prime (for free shipping), AppleTV+ and partner pays for Paramount+
Share a friend's account for Disney+ and another's for Stan (aussie streaming service). Fuck Netflix.
A dedicated server + large cloud service to host my own Plex server for my family and friends.
Just Netflix. Prime Video is included with Prime. Cancelled Disney+ when they announced a price hike because we weren't watching often enough to justify the price.
I use Stremio + Torrentio/Real Debrid on my NVIDIA Shield. Haven't subscribed to streaming services in a couple of years. I do still pay for Spotify.
Nebula. I did have Spotify but got fed up with not being able to regulate its 'suggested content' list. It was mostly about podcasts for me so I now use a different podcast platform.
Like most of people in here, I only pay for Tidal, while also having access to other platforms through friends or family.
Amazon Prime (because it comes with the service), and Netflix (until anyone on my account gets a "shared password" block, then I'm cancelling it).
My utilities.
The uncertainty of the future of shows I actually enjoy means I don't bother paying for any of that crap (I'd probably consider Shudder though). I run an Emby server with a ton of storage. I'm not going to pay a company to actively crater the content I actually want to watch. I did grab a Nebula/Curiosity Stream year-long sub at Christmas because it was heavily discounted. They're likely to get more money from me, because it's primarily creator driven and more (I think) of the revenue goes to the people who deserve it.
Moreover, the bulk of the crap isn't worth spending money on anyway. If I wasn't getting it for free, I just wouldn't consume it at all. Hell, half the stuff I download just sits there until I "get around to it." That list only grows, never shrinks.
Youtube Premium
I watch youtube near endlessly.
Criterion Channel
Their curration is quite good. They have collections of films together by sub genre, actor, director, film movement, etc. Which makes playlists of movies that teach the topic.
I have spotify. I like that they did something right, and any particular instance of music streaming you sign up for will have the same or similar music. There's none of this fucking exclusive shit. Fuck movie/tv companies. Music did it right. I don't have any other streaming and instead download my shit. Also, it's pretty convenient for $5.99 a month (for students) for nigh on unlimited music
Youtube Premium. I watch probably an unhealthy amount of YT a day, and listen to YT Music every day. Easily the best value subscription for me. Only one I actually feel like I get my money's worth.
Deezer for music, then I rotate monthly between HBO Max, Hulu, Netflix, Paramount, Peacock, and Starz. I'll be damned if I'm going to pay all them at once, so all they get is 2 months a year each.
I have:
-Netflix (included w/ phone plan)
-Hulu + Disney + ESPN (bundle)
-Shudder
-CuriosityStream / Nebula
-Spotify
Then I have my own personal Jellyfin server for everything else.
Youtube Premium, Spotify, and Amazon Prime.
Spotify, because I have a family plan for 4 users and it's a single reasonable cost instead of the 5-6 separate video streaming services I'd have to get
Spotify, because its cheap, convenient, and more importantly makes sharing playlists with friends very easy because everyone else also uses spotify.
Honestly, none of them.
Spotify: listen through the browser using an ad-blocker. No adverts.
Netflix: shared password with my family.
I currently have:
And mostly because I've already watched everything I wanted to watch on these, I've recently cut:
seedbox or vps(torrent) in a privacy/legal protected country may be a viable alternative for mainstream movie or tv shows.
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Mullvad.
Personally pay for:
Others in the family pay for in descending order of usage:
Netflix, HBO and Disney+
just Spotify premium. the convenience combined with the fact that it comes out to like usd 3 per person just doesn't make pirating music worth it
I pay for Disney+, Apple TV+, and Prime Video. I am on my brother's Netflix family account and my FIL's Spotify premium plan. If I could only have one, it would be Disney+ hands down. You get all of Disney's stuff, Star Wars, Fox (Simpsons, Futurama, X-files, etc.), Discovery, Marvel, Pixar and various stuff in between.
Real Debrid
Spotify and Netflix. Since they are so far the only platforms that stick to streaming media and are not trying to take over the world. I guess HBO would be fine too.