I would pay for a retro gaming subscription that would give me access to over 1,000 games for $20 a month. Sega Genesis, Atari, Nintendo, Neo-Geo and so much more.

  • JoYo 🇺🇸@lemmy.mlEnglish
    27·
    15 hours ago

    a total removal of ads in my life. like, whatever marketers think I’m worth I’ll just pay them directly to GTFO.

    • waz@lemmy.world
      1·
      3 hours ago

      I know many sports games a lot of the adverts are imposed digitally before broadcast. I don’t watch a lot of sports, but I would certainly enjoy watching more if there were an option to disable the added adverts.

  • terminhell@lemmy.dbzer0.com
    6·
    13 hours ago

    An odd and very specific, but sims 4. Only if it included any and all content as it’s released with no additional fees/purchases.

    Last I looked (and ignoring sales, just MSRP) is several hundred dollars.

    Then I remember it’s owned by EA…

  • Hux@lemmy.ml
    11·
    16 hours ago

    I’d say I go to see a movie in an actual movie theater once a year, but the truth is I probably go half as often as that.

    It isn’t that I am not interested in movies, I just don’t see the value. I am supposed to pay for a ticket, concessions, and whatever goes into travel to the theater to watch a movie with a bunch of (probably annoying) strangers in a fairly gross environment?

    My guess is my annual box office contribution is approximately 0.5x the current ticket price.

    If, however, there was a $20/month subscription service which would let me watch new releases at home, I would subscribe.

    Even if it was relegated to expensive hardware, like an Apple Vision Pro, I would very likely buy the device and sign up for the subscription.

    $240/year would be a hell of a lot more revenue than my current $5.50/year—regardless of whether or not it would be exclusive to certain hardware or platforms.

    Honestly, my current TV and sound system may not be as impressive as a theater, but they are good and I’d take that experience over the modified bus depot experience of a public movie theater.

    • Nyxicas@kbin.melroy.orgOP
      1·
      9 hours ago

      You speak some truth here. I’ve been meaning hard to try and go out to movie theaters. I just keep ending up not going. Like, I know I’m missing out on the experience of seeing things on a gigantic screen at the comfort of a chair. I know I’m missing out on the latest and greatest. But it’s the expensive concessions and the experience of hearing many sounds coming from people as the movie itself tries drowning out that waters it down for me. Not to mention having to travel to the theater and pay the rising ticket prices just for the negatives.

    • averyminya@beehaw.org
      1·
      10 hours ago

      Man, I would never get a subscription for the Apple Vision / HP Reverb G2

      Tbh, even if Valve offered one I don’t think I would… I’m sure it would be the most fair subscription service out there, but I just don’t think I could get on board.

    • strawberry@kbin.earth
      4·
      15 hours ago

      don’t get consession, just bring a water and call it good

      then tickets are then $10-15, at least in that USA, that’s easily justifiable to me once a month or so

  • Che Banana@beehaw.org
    4·
    15 hours ago

    I know somebody who knows someone who has a private movie (TV, etc) server and had the access for free up to this year… electric prices being what they are he finally had to start charging 10$ a month.

    I’ve used it for 4 years so in 4 more years the total charge is 5$ a month.

    I will gladly pay for a service like this that’s private & only done as a “hobby” rather than give my minutes to a corporation.

  • kratoz29@lemm.eeEnglish
    3·
    15 hours ago

    Would or actually do?

    I would (but haven’t bothered) to pay for getting rid of CGNAT.

    I happily pay for my real debrid subscription.

      • EABOD25@lemm.eeEnglish
        47·
        16 hours ago

        Well, I mean… to be fair, no healthcare is free. It’s just paid for (in many cases) by taxes. That’s the thing that isn’t ever talked about. Taxes. The US has some of the lowest regional, state, and national taxes because there’s no Healthcare taxes besides Medicare and social security. And even those are constantly being threatened to be deducted from.

        If US had a set subscription for guaranteed universal Healthcare before the gov’t could get their grubby hands on it, then US Healthcare could almost be something to brag about

        • folkrav@lemmy.ca
          4·
          10 hours ago

          As of 2021, the US spent 16.6% of its gross GDP ($23.59 billions) on healthcare expenditures. The very next was Germany, at 12.7% of its $4.28 billion GDP. The US is spending more per-capita than any other OECD country on healthcare, it’s just not made visible by looking at the number on your tax report. You’re still collectively paying for it one way or another.

          But hey, yay, low taxes. Good for you, I guess?

        • LeadersAtWork@lemmy.world
          1·
          16 hours ago

          I’m trying to figure out why you’re being downvoted. It’s possible I’m ignorant. However, it was my understanding that for the average individual in the U.S. we do have some of the lowest tax-to-GDP in the world. This is, of course, offset by drastic cost-of-living increases making any percentage of a tax increase an actual and substantial barrier. That said, any tax increase should come out of the top 10%. Everyone else has been paying the price for far too long.

  • haui@lemmy.giftedmc.com
    2·
    14 hours ago

    One that splits my money over open source projects per my usage (I tell them). Currently it is too hard to find all donation links of all projects one uses and then keep an eye on them, update payment info and amount. Also if many people donate small amounts it would lessen the overhead compared to one person donating small amounts.

  • andrewta@lemmy.world
    31·
    12 hours ago

    Apple Music, if they would fix their recommendation lists. If they allowed you to make actual , for lack of better phrase , stations like you can on Pandora.

    I’ve given up and asking them. I’m never going to get it so there’s no point in asking them again. I don’t know why they won’t make stations in that manner, but they just won’t.