Honestly (I know this will sound like I’m sucking up), probably Signal Vs. Noise. I don’t subscribe to any magazines or newspapers, and of all the RSS feeds I subscribe to, this is the one I probably enjoy most consistently.
Craig Bovis
on 18 Nov 09
Internet!
Martin Westin
on 18 Nov 09
+1 for the internet connection closely followed by my cellular contract.
And the thing I would miss the least is PC World. They have failed to print anything satisfyingly substantial in recent years, and as the magazine got thinner, the ads-to-content ratio has exponentially inclined.
I’d say Fast Company. Of the magazines I subscribe to, it’s the one that tends to have the most interesting info about things I had little knowledge of before reading.
My DVR fills up so fast sometimes NetFlix just sit for weeks.
I used to really enjoy the Sunday Chicago Tribune, but after a number of redesigns, section discontinuations, etc. it became such a shell of its former self I actually canceled my subscription a couple months ago…
Well since it doesn’t say “can’t live without,” I’d miss XBox Live the most…but I don’t include cable/internet/phone as a subscription in this case. I don’t really subscribe to many things, magazines or otherwise. I’m cheap, what can I say.
MMA Fan
on 18 Nov 09
Screw water and electricity – what would suck the most is to live without cable TV channels like Spike TV & HDNet
JH
on 18 Nov 09
Thrasher magazine. Subscriber since 1990.
Pete Nicholls
on 18 Nov 09
GitHub.
Casper
on 18 Nov 09
Hmm. That’d be throwup between Last.fm and Basecamp.
--Josh
on 18 Nov 09
Assuming that we don’t consider internet and cell phone service as subscriptions, then I’d miss Sirius radio the most.
Michael
on 18 Nov 09
Chronicles Magazine.
Colin
on 18 Nov 09
Rent? Seriously if you don’t count internet and cell phone then it would be my hosting. I have no other subscriptions.
Its date-based todo lists and email integration are a crucial part of my workflow, and yes it is a todo list worth paying for. Without it I probably wouldn’t have time to enjoy my Netflix, DirecTV, New Yorker on Kindle and various other subscriptions.
If we’re talking paid things, Basecamp. I nearly canceled my account a few months ago, but I started using it for a long-term group university project and it’s becoming crucial to that project. If I end up consulting after I leave uni, I’m gonna need it.
If you’re including free things, I would really miss having Daring Fireball or Asymmetric Information in my RSS reader every morning.
I really don’t tend to think of it as a subscription, but I probably should. I pay for it, I get more out of it than any other subscription, and I’d miss it like hell if I had to give it up.
I have no paid subscriptions. I haven’t found a service or product that made that type of payment model worth it for me. Not meant as I knock against your products — I don’t use your products outside of work.
Laugh all you want, but in corporate world that’s how investment works, that’s why billion cap companies like Gartner and Reuters exist – cause majority WANTS to see unicorns and their charts.
Fast Company – I’ve been reading every issue since issue #1, which I still have somewhere.
Andy
on 22 Nov 09
None, not a single one. Why would I? If I’d have to give up people or what I love doing, that would suck. But subscriptions? All water under the bridge…
After getting used to Fios Internet at 2.3 mb/s, I can’t imagine getting anything slower. I get impatient using Android on 3g.
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JF
on 18 Nov 09Sirius radio.
Justin Reese
on 18 Nov 09Netflix.
Jesse
on 18 Nov 09Cable Internet. ( I think that counts )
Richard
on 18 Nov 09ConceptShare
detroit
on 18 Nov 09the new scientist
Robert
on 18 Nov 09RSS: My blog (who unsubscribes from their own blog?)
Web: My slice
Service: My internet
nickd
on 18 Nov 09Since I don’t pay any money for Dropbox: Campfire. Seriously.
Andrew Warner
on 18 Nov 091. Internet 2. My phone 3. Everything else is most junk that I signed up for and didn’t have the patience or time to cancel. I can live without it.
Jordan Ryan Moore
on 18 Nov 09Netflix
Travis Sisti
on 18 Nov 09Wired magazine. It still stokes my creativity and gets my brain working unlike any other publication—on-or-offline.
Mike Hickerson
on 18 Nov 09Netflix. Tho’ the end of my frequent-flier-miles-enabled WSJ subscription was pretty painful.
Chris O'Sullivan
on 18 Nov 09The New Yorker!
Philip Karpiak
on 18 Nov 09Dropbox
Jake Boxer
on 18 Nov 09Honestly (I know this will sound like I’m sucking up), probably Signal Vs. Noise. I don’t subscribe to any magazines or newspapers, and of all the RSS feeds I subscribe to, this is the one I probably enjoy most consistently.
Craig Bovis
on 18 Nov 09Internet!
Martin Westin
on 18 Nov 09+1 for the internet connection closely followed by my cellular contract.
Patrick Filler
on 18 Nov 09I second Philip K. Life without Dropbox would be much less sweet.
Ricardo
on 18 Nov 09Inc. Magazine
Jay Godse
on 18 Nov 09Rogers High Speed internet.
For web content, I did have to give it up because she stopped blogging. “Creating Passionate Users” by Kathy Sierra, and I miss her work.
For current web subscriptions, probably “Seth’s Blog” by Seth Godin. I would miss his work if I had to can it.
Adam
on 18 Nov 09Netflix has proven itself quite essential to me. That and the fact that I don’t have any other subscriptions that I actually pay for…
Kris Gosser
on 18 Nov 09Cop out to give more than one, but I’d say either The Economist of my cable internet. Probably internet though.
Myron Melvin Moore
on 18 Nov 09Cheese of the Month Club
Trey
on 18 Nov 09Cigar Aficionado
B Borges
on 18 Nov 09The Economist, without a doubt.
Yan Sarazin
on 18 Nov 09My internet connection for sure.
Greg Robertson
on 18 Nov 09cable internet
Justin Jackson
on 18 Nov 091) Internet connection 2) Web host 3) Freshbooks.com
Erik
on 18 Nov 09Internet connection? What about electricity and water?
troy
on 18 Nov 09Harper’s Monthly
jakyra
on 18 Nov 09XM Radio. I’m a Bob Edwards fan.
JD
on 18 Nov 09Chicago Tribune. Really! Newspaper + coffee starts off my day.
Chad Brandt
on 18 Nov 09iPhone data and cellular service, Google Apps (since you don’t specify paid subscriptions) and Backpack.
Tor Løvskogen
on 18 Nov 09Dropbox.
Michael Perlman
on 18 Nov 091) Internet connection. 2) My cell phone.
And the thing I would miss the least is PC World. They have failed to print anything satisfyingly substantial in recent years, and as the magazine got thinner, the ads-to-content ratio has exponentially inclined.
Bryce Thornton
on 18 Nov 09As a geek I would say Github, with Campfire being a close second. In my non-work life it has to be Netflix.
Ravi Bhim
on 18 Nov 09Rhapsody Music
Ben Ackles
on 18 Nov 09For education…TutsPlus (http://tutsplus.com) For entertainment…Netflix
Is this post about newspapers? If so, I don’t pay to subscribe to any newspapers. I read the New York Times twice daily, but only online.
Don Schenck
on 18 Nov 09Cable modem service.
Ted
on 18 Nov 09Girls Gone Wild subscription
brad
on 18 Nov 09Granta. It’s the only magazine I subscribe to, and apart from a basic cable subscription, the only thing I subscribe to!
Phil McTimoney
on 18 Nov 09I’m going to say Wired Mag.
(I count Internet and Cable as utilities…if they’re in play, I’d have to say my subscription to electricity)
Esme Vos
on 18 Nov 09My Webpass Internet service: $45/mo, over 25 Mbps symmetrical MailHop service from DynDNS
—Esme in San Francisco
Casey
on 18 Nov 09Dinosaur Comics
Eric
on 18 Nov 09Gevalia coffee delivery.
Dan Thornton
on 18 Nov 091. My ISP. 2. Xbox Live. 3. Flickr.
mknopf
on 18 Nov 09Surfers Journal
Stan Hansen
on 18 Nov 09Internet followed by Cable followed by Fast Company Magazine.
JZ
on 18 Nov 09Netflix.
Daniel Larsson
on 18 Nov 09My SpiderOak Service. I backup and sync all my important data from my Macbook, Gaming Laptop and NAS through their simple and cheap service.
https://spideroak.com
Fred
on 18 Nov 09Rivals (college football and recruiting)
Ben Carlson
on 18 Nov 09Netflix or Wired.
Wired
on 18 Nov 09Wired. Still the best magazine ever.
David Smit
on 18 Nov 09Cellphone, for sure!
ML
on 18 Nov 09Netflix too. With no TV/Cable, it’s pretty essential. (I’m including internet as a utility.)
Jamie, Baymard Institute
on 18 Nov 09New York Times. (I too am considering Internet a utility.)
Joe
on 18 Nov 09Netflix (or maybe T-Mobile. :-/ )
wesley
on 18 Nov 09I won’t get too specific, but, man, I’d miss my porn.
Arj
on 18 Nov 091) Power, 2) water, 3) internet, 4)SvN (srsly)
@Daniel Larsson… Nice job on the astroturfing. My favorite part was when you mentioned that you work for Spider0ak. :)
Benjy
on 18 Nov 09I’d say Fast Company. Of the magazines I subscribe to, it’s the one that tends to have the most interesting info about things I had little knowledge of before reading.
My DVR fills up so fast sometimes NetFlix just sit for weeks.
I used to really enjoy the Sunday Chicago Tribune, but after a number of redesigns, section discontinuations, etc. it became such a shell of its former self I actually canceled my subscription a couple months ago…
Morning Toast
on 18 Nov 09Well since it doesn’t say “can’t live without,” I’d miss XBox Live the most…but I don’t include cable/internet/phone as a subscription in this case. I don’t really subscribe to many things, magazines or otherwise. I’m cheap, what can I say.
MMA Fan
on 18 Nov 09Screw water and electricity – what would suck the most is to live without cable TV channels like Spike TV & HDNet
JH
on 18 Nov 09Thrasher magazine. Subscriber since 1990.
Pete Nicholls
on 18 Nov 09GitHub.
Casper
on 18 Nov 09Hmm. That’d be throwup between Last.fm and Basecamp.
--Josh
on 18 Nov 09Assuming that we don’t consider internet and cell phone service as subscriptions, then I’d miss Sirius radio the most.
Michael
on 18 Nov 09Chronicles Magazine.
Colin
on 18 Nov 09Rent? Seriously if you don’t count internet and cell phone then it would be my hosting. I have no other subscriptions.
Jeff Mackey
on 18 Nov 09Tivo.
Andrew Smith
on 18 Nov 09The Week
Stepdad
on 18 Nov 09Do your mom’s weekly visits count as a subscription? Not that I would miss them the most, obviously.
Oh, snap!
George
on 19 Nov 09World of Warcraft.
Jane Quigley
on 19 Nov 09The Sunday New York Times. I can read the rest of the week online, but Sunday isn’t Sunday without the actual NYTimes in my hands.
Dave
on 19 Nov 09Esquire Magazine. I’d miss the “Best and Brightest” issue the most, too.
Chris Czel
on 19 Nov 09The one I’d REALLY hate to give up is The People Of Walmart: http://peopleofwalmart.com/?feed=rss2
Brad Fults
on 19 Nov 09GitHub.
Scott Magdalein
on 19 Nov 09Daring Fireball – Tech-wise, Gruber seems to care about the same things as me. Similar tastes I think.
Gregg
on 19 Nov 09gootodo.com
Its date-based todo lists and email integration are a crucial part of my workflow, and yes it is a todo list worth paying for. Without it I probably wouldn’t have time to enjoy my Netflix, DirecTV, New Yorker on Kindle and various other subscriptions.
Jim
on 19 Nov 09High-speed internet.
mga
on 19 Nov 09Thrasher? I didn’t know you were a skater. Skate or die!
No subscriptions I’d miss here.
David
on 19 Nov 09Economist, without a doubt
Nate Bird
on 19 Nov 09Daring Fireball
rocketmonkeys
on 19 Nov 09Hulu (when it starts charging). Actually, fios (20mbps) more so, but that’s not a subscription… that’s a basic human need, right?
Brent Royal-Gordon
on 19 Nov 09If we’re talking paid things, Basecamp. I nearly canceled my account a few months ago, but I started using it for a long-term group university project and it’s becoming crucial to that project. If I end up consulting after I leave uni, I’m gonna need it.
If you’re including free things, I would really miss having Daring Fireball or Asymmetric Information in my RSS reader every morning.
Steve
on 19 Nov 09Jelly of the Month Club
Ryan Deussing
on 19 Nov 09NPR.
I really don’t tend to think of it as a subscription, but I probably should. I pay for it, I get more out of it than any other subscription, and I’d miss it like hell if I had to give it up.
eric
on 19 Nov 09Cooks Illustrated.
Eric Seijo
on 19 Nov 09Personally – HBO. Business – Basecamp.
Barry M
on 19 Nov 09Sirius, would miss Stern the most.
Kyle Faber
on 19 Nov 09SHOhd – dexter.
nuff said.
Nathan
on 19 Nov 09RSS.
Leif Miltenberger
on 19 Nov 09Freshbooks.
Pierre
on 19 Nov 09Cat Fancy
zephyr
on 19 Nov 091) Internet 2) National Geographic magazine
Netflix I can do without. There’s a good independent video store around the corner.
Clark
on 19 Nov 09I have no paid subscriptions. I haven’t found a service or product that made that type of payment model worth it for me. Not meant as I knock against your products — I don’t use your products outside of work.
Geoff Wilson
on 20 Nov 09The Economist.
Lascar Anderssen
on 20 Nov 09Laugh all you want, but in corporate world that’s how investment works, that’s why billion cap companies like Gartner and Reuters exist – cause majority WANTS to see unicorns and their charts.
Anonymous Coward
on 20 Nov 09Usenet
Melvin Ram
on 20 Nov 09SEOBook.com, Cell phone (has data plan), Hulu & Basecamp.
Mike
on 20 Nov 09AcresUSA
Steven Raft
on 22 Nov 09Fast Company – I’ve been reading every issue since issue #1, which I still have somewhere.
Andy
on 22 Nov 09None, not a single one. Why would I? If I’d have to give up people or what I love doing, that would suck. But subscriptions? All water under the bridge…
Vincent
on 22 Nov 09All of them, there is no subscription I cannot live without.
Jason Barone
on 24 Nov 09After getting used to Fios Internet at 2.3 mb/s, I can’t imagine getting anything slower. I get impatient using Android on 3g.
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