Brands | Pros | Cons |
PS+ | - Free game every month
- You can speak to people online
- Affordable
| - Time limit on the free games provided (e.g. You keep the game, but only if you download it within the time limit)
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Nintendo subscription | - You can play online with friends
- Free items for certain games
- App for talking to people on your phone
- Affordable
- Access to older emulated games
| - It doesnt come with free games like other services.
- Without it, you’re very restricted on a Nintendo switch
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Apple Arcade | - No ads on any games you have
| - Not a good selection of games
- Expensive for what you get
- Without it you have to play games with ads appearing every second or two
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Adobe | - Full access to all their apps
- Good for schoolwork
- Easy access
| - Expensive unless you’re a student
- Apps are difficult to use
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Netflix | - Good range of Movies and Tv-shows
- Good range of genres
- You get what you pay for
| - It’s not up to date on movies and tv-shows
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Spotify | - No ads when paying for premium services
- More than one account, Family subscripiton
- Good features
- You can adjust the sound settings
- Offline features
| - Expensive if you’re one person paying for it
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Disney + | - Good range to loads of different channels
- Cheap for what you get
- Up to date range of movies and shows
- Original produce is good
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Noom | - Good for healthy weight loss
- It helps you on your journey
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MagellanTV | - Good range of different documentaries that doesn’t stream on other apps
- Easy to navigate
- Cheap
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Amazon | - It’s good for finding any type of product
- A big range of different items
| - Bad customer service
- Easily scammed
- Misleading products
- Rating system is poor
- Pricing isn’t great
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Shein | - Cheap
- Good variety on styles
- Unique clothes
| - You get what you pay for
- Security isn’t the best
- Fast-fashion
- Non-ethical
- Non-enviromental
- non-substainble
- Misleading products
- Poor quality
- Small sizes
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Hot Topic | - High quality
- Alternative fashion
- Gender inclusive
| - Only available in America
- Expensive shipping outside of America
- Expensive
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Urban outfitters | - Good quality
- Well known brands
- Substainable
- Fashionable
- Trendy
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Tk-Maxx | - High brands for cheaper
- Good sales
- Great variety
- Has a good home section
- Treats their workers well
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Charity Shops | - Cheap
- Sustainable
- Eco-friendly
- Charitable
- Unique items
| - Hard to find stuff you’re actually looking to buy
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Pull & Bear | - Sustainable
- Good sales
- Good student discount
| - Not very gender-inclusive
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Fresh Garbage | - Local one of a kind shop
- Quirky items
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Tesco | - Clubcard
- Good range of items
- Fresh fruit and veg
- Treats their workers well
| - You can only get deals if you have a clubcard
- Bad security
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Lidl | - International groceries
- Cheap alternatives
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Just Eat/Deliveroo | - Good access to many different restaurants and food
| - Expensive
- Bad customer service
- Unreliable
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AliExpress | - Cheap
- You can find anything
- You can find items that other retailers sell for original price (much cheaper)
| - Slow shipping
- Expensive shipping
- Unrelieable
- Unsustainable
- Fast-fashion
- Cheap
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Redbubble | - Good for merch
- Original artwork
- You support the artists
- Affordable
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Phoneacab | | - Sometimes unreliable
- expensive
- Untrustworthy
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Crunchyroll | - High range of genres
- You have access to dubbed and subbed shows
- International
- Many features
- Affordable with what you get access to
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