I try to be extremely resistant to subscriptions. I only have Amazon Prime (not because of video, just for free shipping) and Spotify Family (with 5 people on i

I try to be extremely resistant to subscriptions. I only have Amazon Prime (not because of video, just for free shipping) and Spotify Family (with 5 people on it, it's acceptable, although it's still annoying and expensive). I don't subscribe to any video streaming service; Youtube is quite usable with uBlock in a browser (I don't even have a TV anyway). Software wise, Adobe Creative Suite pricing is predatory; I just use Affinity and am very happy with it (I do have a license for Lightroom 6 which is fine for my needs). I have a copy of Office 2003 which is perfect (and pre-ribbon!) I manage todos on Workflowy which is free and fits how I think perfectly; if it ever went away I could probably do the same in a text file. When it was free (twelve years ago?) I did use Instapaper, but found that I almost never came back to an article on a Kindle or other device; "Reader mode" is available on most browsers and lets you read with no distractions directly. I think it's still possible to avoid all the subscription traps and random offerings, but I agree it's all going the wrong way.