I was never a fan of the subscriptions model (I have never had a Spotify, Netflix, or any other similar services).

My girlfriend that used to make fun of me is now considering cutting some of those costs.

What is your stance on this?

  • pudcollar
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    1 year ago

    My one video subscription is to a VPN, Mullvad. I can find most anything in qbittorrent’s built-in file search, and the really weird stuff on rutracker. Jellyfin is like a self-hosted Netflix, it’s way easier to use than Kodi. I splurged on a Synology NAS so I’ve got 800 movies and 50,000 songs. I rip FLAC music from deezer and qobuz trials using deemix and qobuzdl. I import playlists to rip into Qobuz and Deezer using soundiiz, the one audio subscription I paid for. This way I can get flacs for radio playlists, any text playlist, although XSPF format works best.

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      1 year ago

      VPN, Mullvad.

      Those are good people. I am always really impressed by the way the do their business. Allowing people to pay a VPN by cash really is a feat.