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### Why guarantee an income to some company that is taking advantage of you, and will cut you off, with no measure of loyalty?
- Subscription services are not just getting out of hand, they had already gone too far, many years ago.
- These companies know you're programmed to rent things from them, and they're abusing this power. [Ever since the pandemic, those services are being purchased more than ever.](https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2022/03/why-subscriptions-are-hard-to-cancel/623885/) Remember that, unlike with media that you used to purchase, when you stop paying, you have nothing to show for what you've been paying for years.
- YouTube Premium, for years, was $18/month for a family plan, but is going up to $23/month next month. They said this price increase will "help them to develop more premium features". [Source for this BS.](https://variety.com/2022/digital/news/youtube-premium-family-plan-price-increase-1235411355/)
- Supporting Data/Reference
- Case Stud/Example/Anecdote
- Conclusion
### Cancel this garbage and stop wasting money
- Start small, and maybe cancel one or two things a month.
- Every month, look at your credit card statement, and find another recurring cost for something that you don't get to actually keep. Maybe it's Amazon Prime, Adobe Creative Cloud, Netflix, Paramount +, Disney, HBO, or billion other ones I won't waste your time mentioning.
- Try experimenting with signing up for a trial with different credit cards, email addresses, only when you're in the situation of needing that service. A good example would be watching TV Series, or Movie on YouTube TV. You could sign up for their 2-week free trial at the point, watch the series, cancel service, and not owe a penny. They don't deserve your money when you're not using it.
- We are used to paying for services that are actually necessary, such as "water, gas, electricity, and other utilities. Why on earth do we contribute to these monthly expenses with entertainment?" Source: [DataDrivenInvestor](https://medium.datadriveninvestor.com/monthly-subscriptions-are-taking-over-the-world-and-i-dont-like-it-4e30ff092107)
- The writer in the DataDrivenInvestor article mentions that, for the price of 3 months of the full Adobe Bundle, you can buy Affinity's full collection of software with lifetime updates. Affinity makes great photo and vector-editing software.
- If it really adds that much value to your life, buy it. You do you.
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By Manly Hanley Podcast### Why guarantee an income to some company that is taking advantage of you, and will cut you off, with no measure of loyalty?
- Subscription services are not just getting out of hand, they had already gone too far, many years ago.
- These companies know you're programmed to rent things from them, and they're abusing this power. [Ever since the pandemic, those services are being purchased more than ever.](https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2022/03/why-subscriptions-are-hard-to-cancel/623885/) Remember that, unlike with media that you used to purchase, when you stop paying, you have nothing to show for what you've been paying for years.
- YouTube Premium, for years, was $18/month for a family plan, but is going up to $23/month next month. They said this price increase will "help them to develop more premium features". [Source for this BS.](https://variety.com/2022/digital/news/youtube-premium-family-plan-price-increase-1235411355/)
- Supporting Data/Reference
- Case Stud/Example/Anecdote
- Conclusion
### Cancel this garbage and stop wasting money
- Start small, and maybe cancel one or two things a month.
- Every month, look at your credit card statement, and find another recurring cost for something that you don't get to actually keep. Maybe it's Amazon Prime, Adobe Creative Cloud, Netflix, Paramount +, Disney, HBO, or billion other ones I won't waste your time mentioning.
- Try experimenting with signing up for a trial with different credit cards, email addresses, only when you're in the situation of needing that service. A good example would be watching TV Series, or Movie on YouTube TV. You could sign up for their 2-week free trial at the point, watch the series, cancel service, and not owe a penny. They don't deserve your money when you're not using it.
- We are used to paying for services that are actually necessary, such as "water, gas, electricity, and other utilities. Why on earth do we contribute to these monthly expenses with entertainment?" Source: [DataDrivenInvestor](https://medium.datadriveninvestor.com/monthly-subscriptions-are-taking-over-the-world-and-i-dont-like-it-4e30ff092107)
- The writer in the DataDrivenInvestor article mentions that, for the price of 3 months of the full Adobe Bundle, you can buy Affinity's full collection of software with lifetime updates. Affinity makes great photo and vector-editing software.
- If it really adds that much value to your life, buy it. You do you.