Asklemmy

I'm only on Crunchyroll since other services are through family accounts, I am considering dropping some of my Patreon subs because of belt tightening I might have to do though.

I've cancelled them all and started sailing the high seas since the beginning of the year. I'm considering picking up Crunchyroll, though. It's just easier to pay for One Piece than pirate it.

I'm not changing my habits, but I probably should. My girlfriend and family use the streaming services more than I do. If there's something I need to watch, there's always ways to watch it online. However it's easier for them to use the legit streaming services ha.

I still have youtube premium, but using turkish price, which is dirt cheap (1eur/mon)

I still use my family plan for Spotify but Netflix isn't even worth it these days.

There's a bunch of services I feel I would have happily paid for years ago, but most "features" they offer nowadays are just fixes for problems they introduced (looking at you Youtube).

Yes I cancelled almost all of them. Had quite a few also but did a proper cleanup. :)

I never subscribed to the scam of streaming services to begin with and no one should.

Not really.

My parents use Netflix and I'm in the same house as them so the whole account sharing crackdown is moot. I wouldn't want to share my account with them otherwise.

Spotify I'm keeping for lack of a better service. It has improved by leaps and bounds.

I really don't like this argument that the TV streaming market is too pricey, too complicated and is starting to turn back into cable. Maybe if you're too fucking lazy to go through a cycle of cancelling and reinstating subscriptions based on what new shows are on or whatever old show you feel like watching.

Cable is multitudes more expensive than your typical streaming service, while giving you little to no video-on-demand catalog. Streaming is nowhere near as bad.

Oh and another thing, have you ever tried to cancel a cable service and spent hours on the phone to reps whose job it is to ensure you don't cancel and waste your time upselling you shit you don't want? You don't get that with a streaming service, and cancelling is as easy as going to a menu, disabling auto-renew and waiting for expiry, so not setting yourself a reminder to cancel the service is honestly on you.

It's like everybody is fucking entitled and think it's their God given right to steal TV shows when it's not available on a singular $9.99/month service.