Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ

I have spotify. I like that they did something right, and any particular instance of music streaming you sign up for will have the same or similar music. There's none of this fucking exclusive shit. Fuck movie/tv companies. Music did it right. I don't have any other streaming and instead download my shit. Also, it's pretty convenient for $5.99 a month (for students) for nigh on unlimited music

My utilities.

The uncertainty of the future of shows I actually enjoy means I don't bother paying for any of that crap (I'd probably consider Shudder though). I run an Emby server with a ton of storage. I'm not going to pay a company to actively crater the content I actually want to watch. I did grab a Nebula/Curiosity Stream year-long sub at Christmas because it was heavily discounted. They're likely to get more money from me, because it's primarily creator driven and more (I think) of the revenue goes to the people who deserve it.

Moreover, the bulk of the crap isn't worth spending money on anyway. If I wasn't getting it for free, I just wouldn't consume it at all. Hell, half the stuff I download just sits there until I "get around to it." That list only grows, never shrinks.

Spotify, because I have a family plan for 4 users and it's a single reasonable cost instead of the 5-6 separate video streaming services I'd have to get

Youtube Premium
I watch youtube near endlessly.

Criterion Channel
Their curration is quite good. They have collections of films together by sub genre, actor, director, film movement, etc. Which makes playlists of movies that teach the topic.

Amazon Prime (with Paramount+ add on), SlingTV, and occasionally PBS Masterpiece

Spotify and Netflix. Since they are so far the only platforms that stick to streaming media and are not trying to take over the world. I guess HBO would be fine too.

Netflix, HBO and Disney+

YouTube, Netflix

Personally pay for:

• Crunchyroll
• Hi-Dive (has some good picks that Crunchyroll doesn't, but for the most part simulcast selection is much smaller and inferior to Crunchyroll. Site and app functionality are also inferior)
• Vudu - Also have bought/curated a large collection of movies/tv series on Vudu, with most of the Movies being shared to movies anywhere (wish there was a similar service for TV series).
• TWiT (This Week in Tech) podcast network club membership (free for most podcasts, but want to support the network)

Others in the family pay for in descending order of usage:

• Youtube Premium (would still watch most without premium, just it's paid for already)
• Netflix [strict instructions to never keep for me, cancel if they try to force it]
• Hulu [primary for newer one punch man seasons, and upcoming new futurama season]
• Prime [...for shopping, but you know, prime streaming is included]

seedbox or vps(torrent) in a privacy/legal protected country may be a viable alternative for mainstream movie or tv shows.
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Wowpresents+ to support drag race and Les Mills to be able to do their trainings.

YT Premium, Spotify, Prime (for free shipping), AppleTV+ and partner pays for Paramount+

Share a friend's account for Disney+ and another's for Stan (aussie streaming service). Fuck Netflix.

Youtube Premium. I watch probably an unhealthy amount of YT a day, and listen to YT Music every day. Easily the best value subscription for me. Only one I actually feel like I get my money's worth.

Amazon Prime (because it comes with the service), and Netflix (until anyone on my account gets a "shared password" block, then I'm cancelling it).

Deezer for music, then I rotate monthly between HBO Max, Hulu, Netflix, Paramount, Peacock, and Starz. I'll be damned if I'm going to pay all them at once, so all they get is 2 months a year each.

I have:

-Netflix (included w/ phone plan)
-Hulu + Disney + ESPN (bundle)
-Shudder
-CuriosityStream / Nebula
-Spotify

Then I have my own personal Jellyfin server for everything else.

Usenet! That's a streaming service, right?

Netflix, Amazon, f1tv

YouTube premium because I watch a lot of YouTube and don't want to deal with ads on platforms that are harder to adblock (Roku, for example) and I use YT music because it comes with it and I don't care enough about music to download it.

Twitch Turbo because I watch a ton of that as well and don't want to fight their ads.

Everything else I surf the high seas for, but I do have a few Usenet and Indexer memberships so the high seas aren't exactly free for me.

just Spotify premium. the convenience combined with the fact that it comes out to like usd 3 per person just doesn't make pirating music worth it

Honestly, none of them.

Spotify: listen through the browser using an ad-blocker. No adverts.

Netflix: shared password with my family.

The streaming services I do pay for are mostly music, or smaller stuff I want to support.

• Spotify
• Roon (not really a streamingservice, but it lets me stream my music?)
• Nebula
• Youtube premium
• Draken film (Swedish streaming service for art/independent film)

I'm thinking about grabbing a Deezer or Tidal as well, as they integrate very well with Roon

Just Netflix. Prime Video is included with Prime. Cancelled Disney+ when they announced a price hike because we weren't watching often enough to justify the price.