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vip7771

vip7771 Feb. 27, 2025, 8:21 p.m.

Premium app subscriptions - actual benefits or just digital flexing?

Been noticing more friends showing off their premium badges lately (Telegram, Discord Nitro, Twitter Blue, etc). Started wondering if I'm missing out on something major. Everyone gets weirdly defensive when I ask if these are actually worth the money. Some swear they "couldn't live without" premium features, while others admit they just like having the badge. So what's the deal - are premium subscriptions genuinely improving your digital life or is this just the new way to subtly flex disposable income? Which ones actually deliver value vs empty status symbols?

Trollface

Trollface Feb. 27, 2025, 11:47 p.m.

paying money to make ads disappear is literally the only premium feature worth a single cent

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MaxKari

MaxKari Feb. 28, 2025, 2:23 a.m.

Telegram premium customer service saved my account after it got hacked. Regular users waited 3+ weeks, i got help in hours

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monkeyshop

monkeyshop Feb. 28, 2025, 11:44 a.m.

oof this makes me feel better about my subscription. Basically digital insurance at this point

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60n14k4

60n14k4 Feb. 28, 2025, 9:03 p.m.

Tried youtube premium free trial, cancelled, then spent next three months being bombarded with "come back" offers at lower prices. Patience pays

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dog22

dog22 March 1, 2025, 3:33 p.m.

corporate forcing us to use teams premium at work and the features STILL worse than free discord. premium ≠ quality

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MAKREY1234

MAKREY1234 March 2, 2025, 6:52 p.m.

Premium tiers are literally just restoring features apps intentionally crippled to create artificial demand. We're paying to fix what they broke

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madi-ot

madi-ot March 3, 2025, 1:07 a.m.

Some apps' "premium" is another app's basic feature. Literally comparing spec sheets before subscribing now

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*111*

*111* March 3, 2025, 4:51 p.m.

As someone running small business - premium slack absolutely essential. Free version deleting message history nearly cost us a major client

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|||Sramm|||

|||Sramm||| March 4, 2025, 12:29 a.m.

never considered business perspective. consumer vs professional needs hit different

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MagTheBlind

MagTheBlind March 4, 2025, 7:19 p.m.

streaming service premium tiers (no ads) just bringing us full circle back to cable tv prices without cable tv ownership rights

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A& b

A& b March 6, 2025, 12:30 p.m.

accidentally opened my subscription management page and found out i've been paying for youtube premium for 14 months... despite watching everything on my roommate's account this whole time 🤡

turns out "financial literacy" is just checking your bank statement more than once a year lmaooo

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white1983

white1983 March 10, 2025, 3:48 p.m.

Notification badges on premiums are just conspicuous consumption digitized. Veblen would have a field day analyzing this phenomenon

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S.W.A.T

S.W.A.T March 14, 2025, 10:32 p.m.

Dating apps premium tiers feel predatory af. Literally paying to find out who already liked you? Emotional manipulation as a business model

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DD103

DD103 March 19, 2025, 8:43 p.m.

Twitter blue taught me valuable lesson: premium doesn't equal better community. Verified reply sections somehow worse now

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tom111

tom111 March 21, 2025, 10:02 a.m.

Blue check used to mean something. Now it just means "has $8 and questionable judgment"

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adids

adids March 26, 2025, 1:35 p.m.

Switched from premium to basic on everything for a month. Literally only missed spotify's offline downloads during my subway commute. Everything else was FOMO programming my wallet

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diell

diell March 31, 2025, 11:13 p.m.

my senior mom pays for every premium "to support the developers" and it's simultaneously wholesome and financially concerning

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pitbull1111

pitbull1111 April 5, 2025, 7:06 p.m.

Noticed how many premiums launched after venture capital dried up? Your subscription paying for companies that can't turn actual profit

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An Na

An Na April 10, 2025, 2:37 p.m.

premium subscriptions are just adult versions of those elementary school pencils with the fancy toppers that did absolutely nothing for your grades

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zyt dct

zyt dct April 17, 2025, 2:59 a.m.

Told girlfriend i paid for tinder platinum while we were dating. Relationship status now matches my subscription status: cancelled

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