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Out of curiosity, what streaming services do people have, and why? For me...

   - Paramount+: Scripted + Star Trek
   - Disney+: Kids
   - Amazon: Prime (thinking of canceling. Patriot was the last thing I enjoyed)
   - HBO/Max: Scripted
   - PBS (although it's free...)

Was thinking of adding Kanopy for classic stuff.

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I just subscribe to YouTube now. There really isn't anything worth the subscription fee on all these other services anymore. At best I want to watch one show on each streaming service. But I'm not paying for a whole streaming service to watch one show, so I end up with not subscribing to any of them.

What do you watch on YouTube? I've recently noticed people commenting about paying a YouTube Premium subscription, but I don't quite get it yet. I just use it for quick how-to videos.

Too many things. I have about 160 subscriptions here are some of my favorite channels in no particular order. Topics range from food/cooking science, history, technology, math/science, police interview/interactions/crime, woodworking/diy stuff...

https://www.youtube.com/@KnowingBetter

https://www.youtube.com/@DavidSeymourofficial

https://www.youtube.com/@TechnologyConnections

https://www.youtube.com/@lockpickinglawyer

https://www.youtube.com/@RedLetterMedia (best of the worst)

https://www.youtube.com/@tested

https://www.youtube.com/@aragusea

https://www.youtube.com/@Beardmeatsfood

https://www.youtube.com/@FrenchGuyCooking

https://www.youtube.com/@smoshpit

https://www.youtube.com/@GamersNexus

https://www.youtube.com/@Defunctland

https://www.youtube.com/@BrightSunFilms

https://www.youtube.com/@RainmanRaysRepairs

https://www.youtube.com/@LGR

https://www.youtube.com/@3blue1brown

https://www.youtube.com/@acollierastro

https://www.youtube.com/@allenpan

https://www.youtube.com/@AuditTheAudit

https://www.youtube.com/@CodeBlueCam

https://www.youtube.com/@chrisfix

https://www.youtube.com/@EthanChlebowski

https://www.youtube.com/@EverydayAstronaut

https://www.youtube.com/@ExploreWithUs

https://www.youtube.com/@JCS

https://www.youtube.com/@HistoriaCivilis

https://www.youtube.com/@Ididathing

https://www.youtube.com/@Bourbonmoth

https://www.youtube.com/@vancouvercarpenter

https://www.youtube.com/@JennyNicholson

https://www.youtube.com/@NileRed

https://www.youtube.com/@OddTinkering

https://www.youtube.com/@pbsspacetime

Usenet: $84/yr.

Two NZB indexers: $80 total, one-time.

Storage and Electricity: Probably half what I'd spend subscribing to everything but #datahoarder.

Usenet... $20/year, Indexers: $25/year, 64TB NAS priceless

> 64TB NAS priceless

As in, you stole it? Because I've definitely seen prices on storage like that.

But seriously - what is your setup like for this?

> 64TB NAS priceless

Gotta pump those numbers up, those are rookie numbers in this racket.

We found the GigaNews subscriber.

Snark aside, at $84 you're paying double the cost a yearly subscription can be found at with high retention on Black Friday.

Sadly I did not time my transition to Usenet to take advantage of Black Friday sales, but I did research enough to choose a provider with maximal retention.

I've taken up sailing the high seas again, the companies got too greedy.

Besides, I think the quality of TV series have gone down drastically. There is not much I watch really.

PBS (donation), Netflix (through T-Mobile), and Infuse + Jellyfin :)

Oh, and I’ll probably start donating to Jellyfin soon.

I have the same setup you mentioned, but instead of Paramount I use Apple TV (mostly because it’s bundled with my backup and music cost). I also still have Netflix.

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