Ask HN: Have you cancelled any software subscriptions because AI replaced them?

7•maxim_bg•19h ago

I went through all my subscriptions recently and haven't cancelled a single one because of AI - neither has my girlfriend.

I built some small tools and browser extensions for myself that I use daily. But honestly, I wouldn't have paid for those anyway — maybe a one-time small purchase, but never a subscription.

Curious if others had a different experience. Did you cancel something because chat with LLMs replaced it? Or did you build your own thing and make a paid tool redundant?

Comments

tsukiaki•19h ago

grammarly

chistev•13h ago

Are they still in business? They merged with Duolingo, right?

dormento•8h ago

Duolingo is going to teach people wrong so they have to use Grammarly :P

Eawrig05•13h ago

What about the inpalce corrections when you are typing or do you just copy and paste into a chat?

nsnzjznzbx•7h ago

Not having that is a feature IMO. At work I wrote an .md and asked Rovo (similar to Claude Code) to check it.

In similar news I'll probably stop the tab suggestions in GH Copilot now and just agent all the things.

loveparade•17h ago

There are a few personal scripts I replaced with an LLM prompt/skill. Can't really think of any subscriptions though.

tmatsuzaki•17h ago

We replaced our CRM with an in-house solution. Since our main use case was simply sending emails to lists, it made more sense for us to manage those lists in Google Sheets and build an LLM-powered workflow for email outreach and nurturing.

_pdp_•15h ago

Yep. We've canceled some software we could build internally. But biggest win was deploying our own agents to help with the business. So in general, we spend more more money - not less.

wmeredith•8h ago

Grammarly and Squarespace. I have a Gost Pro newsletter I am replacing next with my own custom solution.

sky2224•16m ago

Chegg is a service many students used to get guidance and answers to homework problems for whatever courses they were taking. It was a sinking ship once GPT 4 came out, but GPT 5 was really it's final nail in the coffin.

I don't know any student that really uses it now.

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