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ModernRisk ,
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At the moment none, I don’t find any of it worth the money. I’m more of; that’s a good thing to pirate.

Sagar ,

Many companies who sell content legally deliberately mislead. You must beware of it. There is ample free libre content to use, music, games, books, etc. Legally free.

Sagar ,

Many companies who sell content legally deliberately mislead. You must beware of it. There is ample free libre content to use, music, games, books, etc. Legally free.

muntedcrocodile ,

I really hope ur using chatgpt via api and not their own frontend api is far cheaper and there is a multitude of clients u can use

viking ,
@viking@infosec.pub avatar

The one advantage of their front-end is that it's enabled for live internet search. But yeah it's not worth the price difference. I'm hardly getting $2 a month vs. the 20 they charge for the front-end.

muntedcrocodile ,

Yeah I been looking for a frontend that can use an agent style preferably written in langchain capable of such things. I just been using Sydney but its been lab optimised to far and Microsoft are fuckers.

OofN ,

I don’t know if it will meet your needs, but I’ve recently picked up a license to TypingMind and I use the OpenAI API - it’s a very good tool IMO.

muntedcrocodile ,

I'd prefer something Foss honestly might just have to write it myself at this point.

OofN ,

Yeah I agree, and I hesitated to buy TypingMind, but I figured the $30 or whatever was cheaper than my time.

SuperSpruce ,

How do I use the API? I'd be willing to pay for ChatGPT pro if it was cheaper, especially if it was pay per use instead of pay per month

muntedcrocodile ,

I use better chatgpt its a git repo that Github will host for free for you then google opening api and get urself an api key. Its pay per use u get gpt3.5 as well as gpt4. I still use gpt3.5turbo for most things this cos its way cheaper than 4.

SuperSpruce ,

Thanks, I'll look into that! I also recently found an easy way to run local LLMs on my computer, so I can mix and match.

ABCDE ,

Spotify, Netflix, Fastmail, a VPN (Pure I think at the moment), I think that's about it.

spiderman ,
@spiderman@ani.social avatar

just for pia vpn since i don't trust free vpns, also try claude opus instead of chatgpt, it's better imo.

viking ,
@viking@infosec.pub avatar
  • ChatGPT (API only)
  • Adobe Creative Suite
  • Astrill VPN
  • sync.com (cloud storage with better encryption and lower prices than dropbox)
  • a small VPS (gullo.me for $5 a year)
  • webhosting package (all-inkl.com, 7.95€/month)

Think that's it for the time being.

wagoner ,

I've been using sync.com for a couple of years now for my large music files storage and playback. Thinking of going all in on the unlimited plan to add on all my family files. Curious what your experience is with delayed syncing. Occasionally I find something just doesn't sync to the cloud and I have to play about with PC on/off, connect to Mobile hotspot, clear cache etc to get it to work. Makes me wonder if that's happening with files where I don't realize it until it's too late.

Basically, how robust is it for you?

viking ,
@viking@infosec.pub avatar

Yes I'm experiencing the same and have escalated it to their technical support before, and every now and then they were able to resolve it. So far the client always notified me of issues with the sync process (the windows client that is, Android is very basic). I've also been begging for a Linux client for 5 or 6 years now, to no avail.

So yeah while I'm happy with it as a storage solution in general and like the responsiveness of their support, there are still a few issues here and there. I'm in the solo basic tier and don't use more than 400GB of the storage, so that's plenty for my use case.

noodlejetski , (edited )

Mullvad, Bitwarden, Tuta, Signal.

nadram ,
@nadram@lemmy.world avatar

Surfshark VPN and YouTube premium. Recently cancelled Netflix and Amazon prime. Not much but I've had enough of subscriptions.

Modva ,

1Pass
NordVpn
ChatGPT
YouTube Premium

subspaceinterferents ,
@subspaceinterferents@lemmy.world avatar

Kagi, Sider, YouTube Premium.

solidgrue ,

I've been hearing good things about Kagi.

Google search got so bad I use DDG by default now, but that seems to be Bing by another name and itself seems to be deteriorating.

Clandestine ,

I use Qwant and Startpage on my phone and PC, I'm happy with both

Plopp ,

Just a VPN. Thinking about trying out Proton's suite and maybe pay for that if it's worth it. Otherwise I'm more and more leaning on OSS and self hosted things these days because corporations have shown themselves not to be trusted with anything important.

ResoluteCatnap ,

From what I've heard self hosting your email though can be a big PITA so paying someone for email is not a terrible choice. Self hosting you need to carefully manage the system and reputation to make sure your email that you send actually gets delivered, and doesn't arrive in spam.

Plopp ,

Self hosting email has been a hard no for way over a decade at this point, maybe two. It's a terrible idea.

dojan ,
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I recently swapped over from Dashlane to Proton, and I don't regret it at all. Plus I can decouple my stuff from Google, and use my own domain for my personal email, which I can then give out to individuals and hide behind aliases for companies/services. I rather like it. The VPN seems solid enough too, though I've nary a use for such things.

Plopp ,

Yeah there are many great things about Proton. It's just so damn expensive. Had it been like $7 per month (charged monthly) I'd already been a customer. I'm guessing the VPN carries the highest cost for Proton, so it'd be nice to have the option for the whole suite except the VPN.

dojan ,
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Yeah. I don't really feel like VPNs are that necessary, though I also sort of get having it as a product. For me it wasn't really that tough a choice; I already paid $5 monthly for Dashlane, Proton Pass was a bit of an upgrade in terms of features (though they don't seem to check haveibeenpwned like Dashlane), and it came with a bunch of other services I really could use.

All that said, I believe they have a free-tier for all of their services, so you could always dip your toes in, see how you feel about it, and decide later if you think it's worth it or not?

As a complete aside, your username has me convinced to buy some plopp. It is Saturday after all.

Plopp ,

Oh I use a VPN 24/7 and wouldn't have it any other way (even though I also don't think it's strictly necessary), but I already have a provider that I trust, is fast and cost only like <$3/month I think.

I'm thinking of trying Proton Pass for free which I think you can do, but the main attraction is to get away from the Google suite and incorporate a more privacy focused one. Having a calendar, generating unlimited email aliases to store in the password manager etc.

Go have some lördagsplopp!

dojan ,
@dojan@lemmy.world avatar

Yeah, I don't think Proton would be my go-to choice for VPN when it comes to privacy. I've heard stuff about them actually keeping logs. In that case I'd be more interested in Mullvad since they just run their service on RAM. I did give the Proton VPN a spin, and at least as far as speeds go, it's pretty fast. They give you a notice if you use the "Secure Core" feature, stating that the connection speed might end up being a bit slow, but it still seems to reach the cap of my wifi (500mbit) so it honestly isn't that bad. So for streaming region locked stuff it seems to do the job. "Secure Core" as far as I can tell, just tunnels your connection through several nodes, I'm not well versed enough on networking to know how that could possibly improve security, because to me it sounds like adding more points of failure.

I do really like the email service and the password manager, and I'm sure I'll get some use from the drive as well at some point. When signing up for things, the password manager automatically suggests masking your email. Would've killed for something like that ten years ago; my gmail account is flooded with useless BS that it's nice to finally move away from it.

darcmage ,
  • Bitwarden
  • Racknerd VPS
  • Backblaze B2
  • PIA VPN
  • Purelymail
  • Usenet
  • ChatGPT API

And the occasional donation to open source projects like pihole.

timdrake ,
@timdrake@lemmy.world avatar

How do you all use ChatGPT API? Any tools that interface well with it?

RonSijm ,

I assume they're talking about this api

Any tools that interface well with it?

Lots of tools, but it depends on where you want to use it. For example, inside Obsidian you can use it as a text generator

Inside VSCode you can use something like AI Genie

If you just want to use it raw, you can use postman

darcmage ,

My main use is chatgptbox with my instance of searxng. Also comes in handy when looking for a shell command or script with ai-shell.

Then there's the various integrations in documents, notes, etc...

darelik ,

various integrations in documents, notes

Tell us about these integrations please

darcmage ,

Nothing complicated. Nextcloud assistant with nextcloud office and generating emails in fairemail.

solidgrue , (edited )

Not really productivity services, but to name a couple,

  • Google One (extra storage, bonus YouTube Premium & YT Music premium)
  • MXroute for mail hosting (used to self host)
  • Amazon Prime (for the shipping, the content is a bonus for us)
  • Hulu (kid's gotta see that ONE show... 🙄)
  • Lemmy.world (via Patron)
  • Couple of YouTube creators and app publishers I enjoy regularly (via Patreon)

I'm considering joining Nebula because many of the creators I frequently watch on YouTube are setting up shop up over there, and I'm getting irritated with YouTube for how The Algorithm is affecting the quality and content of the infotainment channels I enjoy.

Manalith ,

The phone app has it's problems at times, things like resetting to the main page, and other little nuisances, but I really like Nebula, went so far as to pay for their lifetime deal.

dmtalon ,

Was Google one (including yt premium) a limited time deal? I don't see them connected right now.

solidgrue ,

You know? That might have been the case. I was an old Google Music subscriber, and I think when that rolled over to YT Music the subscription package bundled in YouTube premium. Later when I bit on the Google One subscription later, I think it was on a promotional offer. I remember it was about $100 at the time, and it aligned with some storage needs U had so why not?

I just looked and it seems the Google 1 and YT sub's are billed separately. It was a while ago and my memory is hazy, but I'm into Google services for about $30 a month these days, and that's what I pay for.

dmtalon ,

I pay for yt premium family ($23/mo) now. Was also a yt red subscriber.

solidgrue ,

Same here. YT family plan, and $99/yr for the G1 storage (plus other benefits, but mostly the storage)

dmtalon ,

I'm just using the default storage, and have a Nextcloud instance for any files I need to access.

I do use Google photos, but I skirt there uploads using my old pixel 1 to upload my pixel 8pro photos :) so my storage is mostly static with Google

chrisbit ,
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Aside from the VPS and object storage for housing Leminal Space, just Proton Mail. And The Anfield Wrap if we're counting podcasts.

I_Miss_Daniel ,

Express VPN for foreign free to air TV, ad blocking on multiple devices.
200gb Google Cloud storage.
Vultr VPN for Wireguard.

pHr34kY ,

I self-host everything and subscribe to nothing.

If my router/server/Nas is powered on anyway, it might as well do the lot.

redcalcium ,

You still have internet subscription, right? Next: run your own ISP

WordBox ,

Parent just needs some fiber, cables, a ditch witch, and a blow torch to get into the nearest backbone.

WordBox ,

What all do you run?

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