{"id":28781,"date":"2022-06-21T13:50:02","date_gmt":"2022-06-21T13:50:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedailyherald.co.uk\/uncategorized\/too-many-subscriptions-heres-how-to-start-cutting-them\/"},"modified":"2022-06-21T13:50:02","modified_gmt":"2022-06-21T13:50:02","slug":"too-many-subscriptions-heres-how-to-start-cutting-them","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedailyherald.co.uk\/uncategorized\/too-many-subscriptions-heres-how-to-start-cutting-them\/","title":{"rendered":"Too Many Subscriptions? Here\u2019s How to Start Cutting Them"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Seksan.TH\/Shutterstock.comSubscription services like Netflix, Game Pass, and Spotify let us consume as many movies, games, and music as we like for a flat fee per month. While this seems like a great deal on the surface, the costs can quickly add up. Here are some tips on breaking free of subscriptions that no longer spark joy. Why Cut Back on Subscriptions? It could be argued that subscription models aren\u2019t purely about consuming media, whether it\u2019s games, music, movies, or niche and original content. The way we treat these subscriptions often feels like we\u2019re paying purely to have access, rather than to actively use the subscription. It\u2019s nice to have a Netflix subscription ready to go the next time a new documentary or original smash hit lands, it\u2019s nice to have Spotify for listening to music in your car on long journeys, and it\u2019s great to have Game Pass for times when you\u2019re not playing one of the $60 new releases you had to buy from the store. This isn\u2019t true of everyone, and some prefer it when these services help decide their viewing habits. You might only play whatever\u2019s been added to Game Pass each month, before moving on to new titles next month for example. Many are probably familiar with the \u201cNetflix deadlock\u201d of scrolling endlessly in the pursuit of something to watch (only to settle on something you\u2019ve already seen or aren\u2019t that engaged in)&#8230;. Click below to read the full story from How To Geek<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/796976\/how-to-start-cutting-subscriptions\/\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Seksan.TH\/Shutterstock.comSubscription services like Netflix, Game Pass, and Spotify let us consume as many movies, games, and music as we like for a flat fee per month. While this seems like a great deal on the surface, the costs can quickly add up. Here are some tips on breaking free of subscriptions that no longer spark&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":417,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v15.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Too Many Subscriptions? Here\u2019s How to Start Cutting Them - The Daily Herald<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/thedailyherald.co.uk\/uncategorized\/too-many-subscriptions-heres-how-to-start-cutting-them\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Too Many Subscriptions? 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