Online services I pay for

I still don't understand the draw of Hulu Plus over something like Netflix or Amazon Prime (with its new video on demand servce). $8 a month to still have TV shows with ads in them? (and I swear they keep adding more advertisements to the shows each time I watch them). They do let you watch earlier seasons of shows, but that seems like Netflix would be a better option for that. So what's the real draw Gabriel has for subscribing?

I've been asking around among the people I know lately, and I have yet to find someone who will pay for online services. Of course they're all 'regular' people, i.e. not working in the tech field, and with 'modal' incomes, so not always buying the latest gadgets (phones etc).<p>Of course there are plenty of businesses doing fine selling online services. It's just that it seems to be to an audience that I cannot find off line. Is it a European thing? It it possible to target the (mainstream) B2C market in Europe with online services yet? Anyone with experiences in this field?

I'm surprised nobody's mentioned Dropbox yet - for me, it's certainly the most useful online service I pay for.

Safari books online is ~$300/year but is worth it weight in gold. Most of the time you just need part of a book and need to look at several books to find the right answer or code snippet. Currently my company pays for it but I'm so used to it now, I would pay if they decide not to.

FreshBooks, CrashPlan, GitHub, AWS (grudgingly - because I like building/running servers) and NetFlix.<p>I am more likely to drop 20, 30 or even 100 bucks on some software that I may or may not use daily - it takes a lot more to get me to commit to a subscription service - it has to provide ongoing utility and joy on a daily basis.

I wish NewEgg had a program like Amazon Prime.<p>Edit: I was just browsing NewEgg and it looks like they have joined with Shoprunner.com to offer 2 day shipping for $79/year.

Spotify. No ads, offline syncing, higher quality audio.

How much does this all cost a month?<p>I just have Linode and Astraweb :\

I pay for Audible since it's about the only way I can churn through all the books I want to read thanks to long commutes. I opt for a good usenet account instead of Netflix/Hulu simply because the selection/quality isn't good enough yet and, at best, the content is spread between at least two services. Usenet is just easier.

Re: "switching between accounts a pain"<p>Not sure if most of the switching is between email accounts, but if it is, I've been using the 30 day free trial for MailPlane (<a href="http://mailplaneapp.com" rel="nofollow">http://mailplaneapp.com</a>) and have been pleased with it.<p>I'm going to pay for it when the trial is over ($24.95).

Only non server based thing I pay for for is evernote, currently in second year but have fallen out of love with it slightly so will probably be my last.

Pandora. No ads, higher quality audio. I do it because I appreciate what I get from the site, same way I buy the Economist even though I can read its articles online for free.

I used to use Jungle Disk until I found out they still bill you for bandwidth costs even if you use your own S3 bucket so you effectively having to pay double for bandwidth costs.