The price of streaming vs out right owning

[trappedslider]

I recently compiled a list of all my subs. I was paying close to $800/month that was around $9500/year.

Which subs and which plans?

For myself, all of my current subs come into about the same as a satellite bill. But that's just me and doing the basic plans. And since I live in an apartment, I've cut down either accidently or on purpose on owning physical media. I'm currently subbed to Prime, walmart+,Disney+ with hulu bundle but I also get both Prime and Walmart+ at a discount due to disability.

You're wrong. At least for budget, it's not remotely close. I have saved thousands of dollars. And that's without putting a price on storage, environmental costs, etc.

Just yourself or your family?

 

[Morrus]

My subs are Prime, Disney+, Paramount+, AppleTV+, Netflix. Amazon Music and Apple Music I have both as both are included in bundles, so some redundancy (and no need for Spotify also). I think that's about it. About £60ish per month?

Plus SkyTV which is a mix of terrestrial TV, cable/satellite channels, streamer, and broadband provider and comes to about £40 I think. I'm not entirely sure on that one, as it's all packaged into stuff.

$800 is an impressive total. I'd be fascinated to hear that what included!

 

[Belen]

My subs are Prime, Disney+, Paramount+, AppleTV+, Netflix. Amazon Music and Apple Music I have both as both are included in bundles, so some redundancy (and no need for Spotify also). I think that's about it. About £60ish per month?

Plus SkyTV which is a mix of terrestrial TV, cable/satellite channels, streamer, and broadband provider and comes to about £40 I think. I'm not entirely sure on that one, as it's all packaged into stuff.

$800 is an impressive total. I'd be fascinated to hear that what included!

Amazon Prime, Walmart+, M365, Adobe, Quickbooks Self-employed, Netflix, YouTube, Disney/Hulu, Paramount, Peacock, Crunchyroll, BBC, NYT, NPR, Hasbro Pulse, Discord, SWTOR, EA Play, Xbox game pass, PS+, Nintendo, UPlay, Starlink, Amazon Music, Incogni, Credit Monitoring/Identity protection, LinkedIn, Kindle, PBS kids….

I am missing some but these are just off top of head.

 

[aco175]

When I bought my laptop a couple years ago I bought the Windows last edition (maybe 2020/2021) instead of joining Microsoft360 for a monthly rate. I do not need all the bloat and mostly just Word and Excel.

Now I just need to figure out why Apple charges the PayPal account $1 each month.

 

[Morrus]

Amazon Prime, Walmart+, M365, Adobe, Quickbooks Self-employed, Netflix, YouTube, Disney/Hulu, Paramount, Peacock, Crunchyroll, BBC, NYT, NPR, Hasbro Pulse, Discord, SWTOR, EA Play, Xbox game pass, PS+, Nintendo, UPlay, Starlink, Amazon Music, Incogni, Credit Monitoring/Identity protection, LinkedIn, Kindle, PBS kids….

I am missing some but these are just off top of head.

There’s at least a dozen of those that I don’t even know what they are!

 

[Belen]

There’s at least a dozen of those that I don’t even know what they are!

Some are business related. I switched from Adobe to NitroPDF since I could purchase the software.

I had a few more beyond it such as Namecheap and a monthly web license and my wife had several.

Subs are pervasive. Many do not send a monthly bill. They just hit your credit card so you only see them on your statement.

This is the new world of subs versus ownership.

 

[trappedslider]

Amazon Prime, Walmart+, M365, Adobe, Quickbooks Self-employed, Netflix, YouTube, Disney/Hulu, Paramount, Peacock, Crunchyroll, BBC, NYT, NPR, Hasbro Pulse, Discord, SWTOR, EA Play, Xbox game pass, PS+, Nintendo, UPlay, Starlink, Amazon Music, Incogni, Credit Monitoring/Identity protection, LinkedIn, Kindle, PBS kids….

I am missing some but these are just off top of head.

so yeah all that, no wondering when Clint said it's cheaper you said it wasn't...

 

[Belen]

so yeah all that, no wondering when Clint said it's cheaper you said it wasn't...

It’s not cheaper. People think buying a game for 70 is expensive versus a sub that lets you play multiple games but in the long term, it is not. I was spending 70/ month and maybe the family played 2 games. Are the subs worth $840/ year? I was not spending that buying games.

I found that most of the content I had access too went unused even in a family of 4.

 

[Morrus]

It’s not cheaper.

For you, sure. This is not a typical list though. Most people do not pay $800 a month on subscriptions. That is… excessive.

 

[TiQuinn]

It’s not cheaper. People think buying a game for 70 is expensive versus a sub that lets you play multiple games but in the long term, it is not. I was spending 70/ month and maybe the family played 2 games. Are the subs worth $840/ year? I was not spending that buying games.

I found that most of the content I had access too went unused even in a family of 4.

If you’re not using the service you subscribe to, then it’s just basically a waste of money. It’s very possible to get more value than what you pay if you’re using a service frequently. I’ve started getting strategic about the subscription services, cancelling several and starting to round robin a couple of others. Do I really need Netflix all year long? Probably not.