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• domain names
• e-mail hosting for those domains
• a virtual private server to host websites
• cloud storage for backups (in case the house burns down)
• seedbox
• claude code

That looks like a lot when I type it all out. I guess about $50/mo.

One VPS on Hetzner. Storage Share (managed Nextcloud), again on Hetzner. Sometimes Mullvad VPN if I need it for a month, otherwise IVPN if needed for a week. I host my own media like films, shows, music using Jellyfin and photos using Immich. I pay for email, I use mailbox.org. I own a lot of domains. That's it, I think.

I very recently started supporting the dude who does fossify and the dude who does the AI Horde / db0 (the latter of which I made my mental health skills building comm on). I'm trying to support more free stuff these days.

I pay a total of $6/month for an indexer an usenet service, and $8 for a VPN. all other media, including games, I get through that.

Domain name, VPN, YT Premium, Humble Bundle, Discord Nitro, cloud storage.

NextDNS, Kagi, domain registration.

I used to have Spotify but they kept increasing the price and the app was so bloated and frustrating to use just trying to listen to my local music. Ripped all the songs with zotify and now I use musicolet as my player

I pay for a yearly crunchyroll (grandfathered due to funimation merger, if it goes up ill be ditching it). and a few twitch streamers and I do pay for youtube premium student edition (when this runs out I'll either ditch it or go to the cheaper plan that only does ad free as I don't really use much of the other features)

The twitch subs are mostly a "support my content creator" style system or else I would just get turbo.

Mullvad VPN and Proton Mail Plus (mainly just to use my Proton account on Thunderbird)

Spotify for my partner. Anyone know any good alternatives for those who like listening to a constant stream of new music?

~3 including my VPN

I split a YouTube sub with my ex for my daughter. I use it for music anyway. Other than that I paid for Netflix last summer and canceled. I paid for a year of crunchyroll but I won’t renew it. TBH I never subscribe I just buy one service for like 6 months or a year and move on.

PBS streaming, VPN, Fastmail

Proton for email. Tidal for music, though I don't really support them or love their app so probably won't be with them for long. Sleep with me podcast, a necessary sleep aid and I just like to support the person.
I subscribe to a couple of different artists/comedians too but that's mostly because I can afford to and prefer to support people directly.

For streaming: Crave because Canada, and they just earned every penny I've ever given them with Heated Rivalry. Just cancelled Netflix, but my partner still pays for Disney though I'm trying to get him to cancel that too. I think those are our only two streaming services.

I'll be looking for a VPN this year so I can take to the seas again eventually but streaming from free websites is working well so far so I haven't worried about it too much.

VPN and IPTV.

For everything else, there's torrents.

iCloud, Spotify family, Bitwarden password manager

Does an annual payment for a domain name count? If so, it's about 13 euro a year I think.

Criterion channel, and proton VPN+email

The only subscription I pay is Netflix (the cheapest one). We watch it enough that is worth keeping around. I guess I technically also have web hosting and a domain name, but I pay those for a few years at a time.

Just Proton and Qobuz, really love them

I pay for several domains, as well as mailbox.org for email. Aside from that, nothing.

DNS and email hosting.

The VPN came with the bank account, but I do pay for Spotify (I barely use it but my wife does). And that's pretty much it. 👍

Mullvad

Debrid

Spotify

Mailbox.org

DSA

2x Whatever MMO we're playing

VPN, password manager, I think that's it?

Edit for reading comprehension: Mullvad, Dashlane. I'm sold on the former, open to ideas on the latter.