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  • 1984@lemmy.today
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    1 year ago

    I'm cancelling subscriptions like crazy, I don't have any streaming TV subs left at all. I replaced them with something that gives actual value:

    • Kagi search engine. This wonderful thing has made me discover how much good sites there are out there!

    • Fastmail. Really fast and lots of actually useful features.

    • Jetbrains editors. I actually like the new user interface. :)

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      1 year ago

      Yep, the problem with subscriptions is the subscribers

      There are very few services worth paying for monthly, but if people keep paying, companies keep moving to subscription models

    • Pastor Haggis@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      +1 to JetBrains.

      I started using them like 8 years ago and have never looked back. My dad introduced them to me when I was doing some homework on a family trip and my laptop was dead. After that, I used them for every class in college, then used them at a job where they didn't provide an IDE but I had the subscription.

      Even when I'm not developing at home consistently, it's just so much better to have it than not.