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No, the author has no self control. This is a financial issue rather than subscription addiction.

josephd79 4y ago
I agree, create a budget and stick to it. It's a good idea to audit every month so you know where your money is going and what you're doing with your money.
iLoveOncall 4y ago
I’m sorry, are you saying that paying for a weather app and 4 different note taking apps is not a good financial decision?
- vorpalhex 4y ago
  Not all note taking apps are equivalent. I use 3 at the moment and a "sketch app". Mine are all free but the same concept applies.
jonwinstanley 4y ago
Agree with this. Either that or they are very wealthy. I can’t imagine looking at this long list of subscriptions and being satisfied I’m getting value from them all. Personally, my only subscriptions are for hosting, cloud, music and video. Most other things can be done for free or without a subscription.
- noirbot 4y ago
  Define "very wealthy" for me on this? Because I'm looking at some of these and going "so that's 50 cents per day. Seems ok for something I use daily". Sure, if I was making 30k/year I'd be reconsidering things, but if you're software engineer in the US, 2000/year isn't an insane amount of money to spend on essentially a full ecosystem of products and services for their phone, desktop, and work computer for them and their family. Not to mention that the point of the entire article is that they found out they weren't getting satisfactory value from all of them and cut back some! I feel like half of y'all read the post and thought it was a brag about how rich they were instead of a mea culpa about how they realized they were spending too much.
- daniel_iversen 4y ago
  I think it’s more of a personality, principle and preference thing. I’m also very hesitant adding and/or keeping subscription services just because I don’t like the idea of the gradual increase in fixed spend of any kind, but I have lots of friends who are fine with subscribing to lots of things. Each to their own I guess (unless you can’t/shouldn’t afford it and then it’s a different matter of course).

I agree, create a budget and stick to it. It's a good idea to audit every month so you know where your money is going and what you're doing with your money.

iLoveOncall 4y ago

I’m sorry, are you saying that paying for a weather app and 4 different note taking apps is not a good financial decision?

vorpalhex 4y ago
Not all note taking apps are equivalent. I use 3 at the moment and a "sketch app". Mine are all free but the same concept applies.

jonwinstanley 4y ago

Agree with this. Either that or they are very wealthy. I can’t imagine looking at this long list of subscriptions and being satisfied I’m getting value from them all. Personally, my only subscriptions are for hosting, cloud, music and video. Most other things can be done for free or without a subscription.

noirbot 4y ago
Define "very wealthy" for me on this? Because I'm looking at some of these and going "so that's 50 cents per day. Seems ok for something I use daily". Sure, if I was making 30k/year I'd be reconsidering things, but if you're software engineer in the US, 2000/year isn't an insane amount of money to spend on essentially a full ecosystem of products and services for their phone, desktop, and work computer for them and their family. Not to mention that the point of the entire article is that they found out they weren't getting satisfactory value from all of them and cut back some! I feel like half of y'all read the post and thought it was a brag about how rich they were instead of a mea culpa about how they realized they were spending too much.
daniel_iversen 4y ago
I think it’s more of a personality, principle and preference thing. I’m also very hesitant adding and/or keeping subscription services just because I don’t like the idea of the gradual increase in fixed spend of any kind, but I have lots of friends who are fine with subscribing to lots of things. Each to their own I guess (unless you can’t/shouldn’t afford it and then it’s a different matter of course).