HACKER Q&A
📣 tzimo

What subscriptions do you pay for?


I am looking for a list of useful subscriptions that are worth investing in. VPNs, music, password managers, etc.

What subscriptions do you have and how much do they cost?


  👤 codingdave Accepted Answer ✓

👤 dyingkneepad
Electricity, water, gas, trash collection, internet, cell phone, Playstation Network.

👤 drbaba
1Password (password manager), iCloud+ (cloud storage), Arq (backup software), BackBlaze B2 (backup hosting), various streaming services (switching from month to month).

I have also paid for e.g. Sublime Text 4, not sure if that counts as a sub. I used to pay for email (KolabNow), but recently switched to a free email provider.

I would pay for Dropbox if they offered a reasonably priced tier between 2GB and 2TB (similarly to Apple’s 200GB tier), since Dropbox handles Git repos well compared to Google Drive/iCloud/OneDrive.


👤 BlameKaneda
NameSilo - $12/y - .com personal site

HBO - $14/m (?) - Legacy ad-free. Can't recall the exact cost off the top of my head

Hulu - $12/y - Will cancel it a year from now


👤 lygten

    Mulvad VPN 5 USD/Month
    Kagi 5 USD/Month
    Sourcehut 20 USD/Year
    Huggingface 9 USD/Month
    Rysnc.net 18 USD/Year
Borgbase 30 USD/Year

👤 MakeThemMoney
Netflix €16/m (Until they stop tolerating my password sharing)

Gym €38/m

Boiler maintenance €13/m

Public library €5/m (Just to support them)


👤 extasia
Spotify, 14 or 15 quid a month.. Funnily enough I have the duo plan and still pay for my ex girlfriend to use it too. (in fairness I used to use her acct. when I was broke)

👤 Mrirazak1
Figma, Apple One, Netflix, Disney+

👤 harshjoeyit
Spotify, Medium, Youtube

👤 renox
LWN