Question Of The Week: subscription services
It’s time for Question of the Week, which is designed to inspire interesting discussion of enjoyable topics.
This week’s question: subscription services such as Kindle Unlimited, Spotify, Netflix, Thrive Market, and Xbox Game Pass are an inevitable part of modern life. If you have a subscription service, which one is your favorite?
No wrong answers – and bear in mind that “subscription services all cost too much and I hate them all with the fiery consuming heat of a thousand cores of a thousand stars” is a perfectly acceptable answer as well.
For myself, I think my favorite subscription service is Nintendo Switch Online. Like, I’ll pay for a month of Netflix when they have something I want to see, and I used to have Xbox Game Pass, but all I ever actually play on Xbox is Skyrim, Starfield, and Halo 1-3, so there was no point in keeping it. But Nintendo Switch Online lets you get the classic Mario and Zelda games from the NES and SNES era. Given that Nintendo’s attitude towards its legacy properties tends to veer between complete indifference and wrathful litigation, it’s good that Nintendo offers a relatively affordable way to get to them legally.
-JM
I do not use subscription services, I prefer to purchase the books, games and programs that I buy outright rather than rent them. Connectivity can be a problem where I am, so being able to read, work or play without being tethered to the Internet is a good thing.
I only use Book Bub and Google Play
Disney+ cuz Marvel movies are my therapy 🙂
I would like to know if you’ll ever bring Third back through Ridmark and the stories involving him! I liked her character, I was sad to see her go!
Audible is my preference. I like books and audio books when done well is almost like a play.
Subscriptions its depends. Books I prefer to own but I use game pass ultimate since my daughter uses it on our samsung tv and some of the new games ill play through once but would not have if I had to buy it outright. When it comes to games its kind of a mixed bag since you only get the license and dont actually own the game and your license can get revoked at some point. Otherwise it would be a case by case basis on the cost to value for what is included in the subscription.