My dog tries it on either way 
I tend to feed her between 5 and 6pm, but I have a Due task at 6 just in case Iāve not fed her by then. Often I just silence it because sheās fed.
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I used due for years, and ultimately the hoops I had to go through just to use Siri with it drove me so nuts that I left for the native reminders app. Imagine my delight when I learned just how good it is. It made due superfluous pretty quickly. The nagging was sometimes nice, but reminders notification stays onscreen once activated so I look I my phone plenty enough to be reminded of things. āDueā is simply not a good name when you use a voice assistant as much as I due. Do. Heh.
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Fair point.
The problem is subscription fatigue. Itās a real thing. The only app that is actually worth paying a subscription for is 1Password (though I could self-host Bitwarden, my password data is critical since Iāve got 800+ for my family). I got 50% off for 3 years + $125 gift card for $100. Every app is becoming subscription now and it sucks. I just want to be able to pay for software once and know that I will be able to continue using it despite my financial circumstances. If I lose my job, I would need to cut all non-essential expenses and subscriptions are one.
Other subs I have are iCloud+ ($3/mo) and Inoreader (grandfathered at $3 a month but coming up for renewal after 5 years).
And āanalystsā are telling CNBC that Apple may charge $20/month for advanced AI features.
The world has changed though. The days when you bought a computer and it pretty much stayed the same for 5 years are gone. Between updating OSās and many Apps being dependent on web components both the underlying structure the app sits on and the costs to do so have changed.
I understand Subscription fatigue, I manage mine very carefully, and each person has to decide the value of each subscription for them. But the days of buying an app it and running unhindered for ever donāt exist any longer.
Not every app, but for some, yes. So how much do you value the App which has subs. I donāt value Fantastical at Ā£100 a year, I do value iCloud storage at about Ā£100 a year.
Iāve gone back to Due. Entering a reminder in Due and adjusting its due time is much faster than doing the same in Reminders, or any other app.
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I have the iCloud+ 3 USD a month plan and can never get out. Iām in too deep with HideMyEmail (500+ emails) & 5 HomeKit cameras (recording) + almost filled the 200GB photos library.
Iām desperately trying not to exceed 200GB as I donāt want to go to 2TB at $10 a month.
I regularly visit /r/Mac & /r/Macapps and other sites and constantly seeing 80% of apps going subscription. I know devs want to eat, but it upsets me because I donāt always have the most stable financial situations and having to drop my daily applications at a monthly notice is really difficult for me to upset. Iāve tried hard to steer clear and so far I have, other than iCloud+ & Inoreader (RSS), & 1Password. These 2 services & 1 app provide me such tremendous value that I canāt give them up. If I had to give 1 up, it would probably be Inoreader, but I get all 3 at a discount (Inoreader paid 5 years ahead, 1Password got 50% off 3 years & got a $125 GC for $100 and iCloud+ pay with iTunes GC I get for 20% off).
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How are you using Inoreader? I have subscribed to it for years and feel like Iām only getting 1% of value. Itās pricey too. I may take another look at Feedbin when my subscription expires in February.
I do love the Inoreader web interfaces. I can fly through about 150 feeds.
I love Inoreaderās newsletters feature + rules (this is primarily why I pay for pro) plus filters.
Plus web rss feature that makes RSS feeds for me for the ones who donāt have them is nice too!
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Iām frustrated by Inoreaderās newsletter implementation. Other apps, like Feedbin, Newsblur, Readwise Reader, Omnivore, etc., give you one email address per newsletter and sort each newsletter into a separate feed on the back end. Inoreader has this weird system of custom email addresses that creates additional friction.
Plus Inoreaderās parsing of newsletters is often inferior to the newsletterās own designā although itās been getting better.
Tell me more about how youāre using filters, if you donāt mind my asking.
Iāve never gotten the Web RSS feature to work. Not once!
Like I said, Iām trying to make better use of my Inoreader investment. Itās an expensive newsreader compared with the competition. I like the web interface ery much, but is that enough to keep spending when there are less expensive alternatives?