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Old 10th January 2018, 13:25   #16
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For my personal needs, I currently have

1. Amazon Prime / Video
2. Apple Music
3. Office 365 Home
4. Adobe Creative Cloud
5. Google Drive 1TB

Used to have Netflix and Gaana but left them as I rarely used them. My needs are better served with Amazon Prime and Apple Music.
Also Office 365 includes 1TB OneDrive but I just find Google Drive to be much better.
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Old 10th January 2018, 14:19   #17
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What digital services (SaaS, streaming radios, backup services, content websites etc.) do you subscribe to?

My list:

- Google Drive (1 TB plan)
- Spotify (Family plan)
I see that your location is Mumbai. If true, how did you subscribe to Spotify, if I may ask. Right now, Apple Music is serving my needs.
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I see that your location is Mumbai. If true, how did you subscribe to Spotify, if I may ask. Right now, Apple Music is serving my needs.
1.Connect to VPN and choose a US server.
2.Open Play store or Apple Store and change your country to US
3. Download Spotify from US store
4. Pay for subscription using credit card.
5. Disconnect VPN.
6. You can use Spotify now anywhere in world.
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1.Connect to VPN and choose a US server.
2.Open Play store or Apple Store and change your country to US
3. Download Spotify from US store
4. Pay for subscription using credit card.
5. Disconnect VPN.
6. You can use Spotify now anywhere in world.
Thanks /u/rst89. It seems like you are confident this could be done. I have a couple of doubts. The US store expects a US credit card. Step #4 above fails. Also, are the apps not tied to the stores? When I change stores in iTunes on my iPhone, it deletes all the music data existing on the phone and sets up the phone for apps exclusive for that store only. I will lose my Apple Music subscription immediately as the prices are different. This strategy is not workable in my opinion. I may be wrong, but if someone has tried this and succeeded, good for them.
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1. Apple Music - Family Subscription
2. iCloud Storage - 50GB x 2 (for myself and my wife)
3. Netflix
4. Amazon Prime

Am considering whether to also subscribe to Hotstar - they have some good content but I already have a very long list of things to catch-up on, on Netflix & Amazon Prime Video!
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1) Amazon prime.
2) Netflix (Subscription shared by a friend)
3) Hotstar (one month free subscription when GoT releases )
4) Apple music (individual)
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The US store expects a US credit card. Step #4 above fails. Also, are the apps not tied to the stores? When I change stores in iTunes on my iPhone, it deletes all the music data existing on the phone and sets up the phone for apps exclusive for that store only. I will lose my Apple Music subscription immediately as the prices are different. This strategy is not workable in my opinion. I may be wrong, but if someone has tried this and succeeded, good for them.
Yes, you require a US credit card in US Apple store. I used my relatives credit card in US. I did the necessary purchases and reverted back to Indian store.
Reddit also has good hacks for subscribing to Spotify.
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Thanks /u/rst89. It seems like you are confident this could be done. I have a couple of doubts. The US store expects a US credit card. Step #4 above fails. Also, are the apps not tied to the stores? When I change stores in iTunes on my iPhone, it deletes all the music data existing on the phone and sets up the phone for apps exclusive for that store only. I will lose my Apple Music subscription immediately as the prices are different. This strategy is not workable in my opinion. I may be wrong, but if someone has tried this and succeeded, good for them.

I had this problem too when I moved from the USA to India. I contacted Apple support and they helped me. So I still have all my music and video I purchased in the USA against a US credit cards whereas since I have changed my Apple account to our UK address and UK credit card

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Old 10th January 2018, 16:39   #24
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My current subscriptions are below:

- Nord VPN
- Edgewonk trading journal
- Investar charting software
- Office 365
- YNAB
- Norton internet security
- AVG PC tune up
- Amazon Kindle unlimited
- Amazon prime
- tradingview.com
- aCar for android
- Gsam battery monitor for android
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Photos - Google Drive (100 GB plan): Absolutely love Google Photos and the way it auto-creates albums and memories.

General + Entertainment - Amazon Prime: Love the free prime delivery and the Prime videos and Prime Music that comes with it. (Prime Music works only on Echo/Alexa for now)

Music - Saavn: Has a nice collection, and works across all of my devices - Android smartphones, Windows 10 desktops, and Echo/Alexa. (Probably the only service that runs across all devices).

Productivity - Office 365: In addition to Word and Excel, extensively use the free 1TB OneDrive storage that comes with it.

Movies - Netflix: Love that there is no censorship on movies, and love that there are no ads when my child watches a program on Netflix. The Kids section is neatly categorized by ages too, making it much safer and appropriate than YouTube.
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Amazon Prime
Netflix
Hotstar

Don't use any much. Wifey's wants. All i use is the Yupp TV app on Amazon Prime for ET Now and Youtube.
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Old 10th January 2018, 17:57   #27
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Use 2 services
1. Amazon prime
2. Amazon AWS (this is mostly for my experiments).

Use Ubuntu for personal use laptop and open office. I use open source a lot.
Use Hotstar, but not subscribed, connect my mobile to TV via MHL interface, can handle HD content and transmission easily.
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My subscriptions:
1) Amazon Prime (Family)
2) Xbox Live Gold Membership (Personal use)
3) Netflix (Family)
4) Gaana (Family)
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Old 10th January 2018, 19:21   #29
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Amazon Prime: Don’t use much but it comes complimentary with their shipping prime service.

Apple Music: Stopped downloading mp3 itself. It’s slick, collection is amazing and quality is top notch. That 120 bucks pm is just icing on the cake.
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Just a couple of paid subscriptions

1) Amazon Prime
2) Classical Saregama - a rare music app for catalogued, curated Carnatic and Hindustani music
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