Ugh, I just can’t do it!
Apple bundle that I share with H and D - music, news, fitness
Amazon Prime
NYT, WaPo (ends in November)
YouTube TV
Disney/Hulu/ESPN
HBO/Max
Quite a few Substack subscriptions - the Contrarian, David Lebovitz, Dan Rather, Victor Coutard, The Gene Pool, Andy Borowitz, Letters from God. Given the changing media landscape, I think it’s important to support independent media.
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@sabaray : I agree, but at $5 or $10 each, that’s a lot of $$$ each month.
Many of these I have gotten a discount when purchasing a year long subscription. Absolutely an expense, but as long as I can support them, I will. It’s more than reading an article - it’s the live chats, the book clubs, the recipes, the travel insights - that make it worthwhile for me.
I just looked to see if I could determine what I was spending on Substack each month. At full price, $40/month. That’s quite a bit less than our gym membership. I’m good with both - keep my brain and body engaged! 
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Ugh.
My brain will try and recall what we have:
Amazon Prime
Kindle unlimited
Spotify
Hulu
HBO
Paramount
Peacock
Apple TV
Disney (but I think it’s free via Verizon)
Consumer Reports
Foreign Affairs (share it with my son)
Atlantic
The Guardian
Vanity Fair (they actually have had some decent articles)
The New Yorker (that is really for my son that we renew each year but I could access it but always forget to do so)
My WaPo (for which I pay $2/mo) is expiring. We just re-upped on a different email at $3/mo. I imagine when I got to cancel the current subscription they will offer me a deal. Last time it was $40/yr. They will need to do better
$40 a year is less than $4 a month - even for online access that seems very reasonable.
While it’s not my news media of choice it must be a top 5 (?) in print news media??
Well NOW I am getting a renewal offer (after we already set up a new account) for $2/mo! They first offered the $3 when I went to cancel, but we have set up an account on a different email. Not sure it’s worth the hassle to cancel. One says it’s a “core” subscription and the other says “premium. Seems like the difference access to archives and some stuff I dont care about (access to the store and option to get discount special prints. No need.
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@jym626 -that’s interesting. I unsubscribed from WaPo last fall after 40 years and never heard from them. No offers. I guess they feel about me the way I feel about them. 
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Local paper (digital)
Washington Post (digital)
State-wide news substack
Wall Street Journal (paper)
Spotify
Netflix
Amazon Prime
Consumer Reports