BF2S Forums What services or subscriptions do you have?

prime, npr, new yorker, linkedin, mlb, more that i can't think of

Surgeries mostly

I forgot I have Netflix too.

KEN-JENNINGS wrote:

prime, npr, new yorker, linkedin, mlb, more that i can't think of

What LinkedIn stuff can you pay money for?

yep - expanded search, can message anyone (even those outside your connections), can see anyone who is looking at your profile. It's good if you're looking for new opportunities.

london review of books (mostly use it online when at work, hardly ever find time to read the actual print version cover-to-cover).
new yorker.
used to subscribe to n+1 magazine and the new left review when i was a graduate student. don't quite have the appetite for either sort of reading now.

no netflix or apple music or anything like that. i like to have the media/files.

i will probably cancel netflix and amazon prime within the next year. Amazon prime is absolutely worthless from a content perspective, and I don't order enough through Amazon to justify prime. Maybe i'll just piggyback on a family member for both instead.

LinkedIn is one of those services where you get out what you put in, and the more you use it, the more it's worth it. It's another one I'll probably cancel once i don't see the use. It's absolutely not useless if you don't want it to be. I've met new vendors, connected with people I haven't heard from in a long time (like a standard social media service), received job interviews, connected with recruiters, received professional endorsements, etc. I know friends who have received employment and won new customers through linkedin.

I used to be in the same boat that linkedin was useless, but have recently (within the last year) done a 180°

I wish they had a Columbia Records or BMG-type service for vinyl. I've been spending soooo much money on records over the last 6 months.  I've had to limit myself to a monthly spend. I've picked up some absolute gems for my collection though.

KEN-JENNINGS wrote:

I wish they had a Columbia Records or BMG-type service for vinyl. I've been spending soooo much money on records over the last 6 months.  I've had to limit myself to a monthly spend. I've picked up some absolute gems for my collection though.

i do not hope for this. the last thing the vinyl resurgence needs (which was revived by aficionados, DJs and small labels, for the most part) is for the majors to crowd in again with huge subscription services. frankly there aren't enough vinyl presses in working operation today to cope with the upscaled production demands. every summer is already pretty much a no-go-zone for the independents and small labels to get new records pressed because the production queues are backed up for 2/3 months so the major labels can (yet again) remaster and re-release led zeppelin or greenday or something on coloured vinyl for 'Record Store Day'.

i think people should really disengage from amazon and big services like this if there are feasible alternatives. the economics of the book trade are absolutely terrible and basically held hostage to these unprofitable-for-10-years giant platforms.

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KEN-JENNINGS wrote:

If i could pick 5 records a month for less than or close to the same as what I spend now, with access to a huge catalog of music instead of having to piecemeal my collection through discog, local brick and mortar (which I do not mind at all), and sometimes other online retailers like ebay or amazon, i'd love that.

Increased demand will lead to increased production, which should lead to more access for indie publishers.

You listen to vinyl records and collect baseball cards. How did you go from 30 to 84 overnight?

SuperJail Warden wrote:

KEN-JENNINGS wrote:

If i could pick 5 records a month for less than or close to the same as what I spend now, with access to a huge catalog of music instead of having to piecemeal my collection through discog, local brick and mortar (which I do not mind at all), and sometimes other online retailers like ebay or amazon, i'd love that.

Increased demand will lead to increased production, which should lead to more access for indie publishers.

You listen to vinyl records and collect baseball cards. How did you go from 30 to 84 overnight?

i've done both since i was about 12 years old. Hobbies are fun!

does the twitch streamer wear cat ears and low-cut blouses?

He sounds awful like almost all twitch streamers.

The twitch plays pokemon was great though.