I canceled Microsoft 365, and I was wrong to dread it
… What made me cancel wasn’t the price or the lack of features. It was paying for something I was barely using, when I was already paying for other subscriptions, such as: Claude Google AI Pro. …
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Testing new LLMs shouldn't require five subscriptions, and OpenRouter proves it
6d agoI replaced 6 paid subscriptions with a homelab on an old laptop — here's the full stack
1w agoCloud AI is becoming cable TV: too many subscriptions, confusing limits, and bundles nobody asked for
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1w agoThis open-source app finally showed me how much I was actually spending on subscriptions
… Sign in to your XDA account Subscriptions are part and parcel of modern day entertainment, streaming, and even software use. But I had no idea how much money I was wasting on subscriptions until I started to track them down and make a note of things. …
Plex slaps a price increase on Remote Watch Pass subscriptions
… Now that Remote Watch Pass subscriptions have also increased in cost, I can see more users jumping ship. …
I vibe-coded a tiny CLI tool in 15 minutes, and it helped me stop subscriptions I was too lazy to cancel
… It also supports pausing or canceling subscriptions without losing history, plus export and backup options. Next, I’m planning to connect it with Gmail to automatically detect subscriptions. …
Adobe Acrobat costs $15 a month, but BentoPDF does everything locally without a subscription
… There are several more new features, like extracting data from PDFs. …
Free open-source apps do everything I need from Microsoft 365, except cost money
… LibreOffice has easily filled the gap It has all the features I need After my Microsoft 365 subscription ended, I decided that I wanted to switch to an open-source solution. …
Buying Plex Pass Lifetime is still one of the best streaming decisions I’ve ever made
… It also gives you the features you need to run a reliable remote streaming setup, along with extras such as hardware transcoding, remote streaming, and several other quality-of-life features. …
You no longer need a Gemini subscription to use its NotebookLM Notebooks feature
…And if you really want to go out, you can unlock 300 sources per notebook with Pro and 600 with Ultra. However, if you want to try the feature to see if…
I tested whether Claude's free plan could replace my Gemini subscription, and it surprised me in ways I didn't expect
… This is either due to unique Gemini features, or features that Claude keeps behind a paywall. …
Claude Pro is great, but here are 3 reasons why it'll never be the only subscription you'll need
… The features that justify the subscription are paradoxically the ones most likely to cut your session short. …