There’s almost certainly a good open-source alternative for most apps and services you depend on. Not all of them are comparable to paid software, and some require significant setup or technical ...

Instead of paying a monthly fee to keep my memories in the cloud, I figured out an affordable long-term storage solution.

You try to spend your money intentionally. You meal prep on Sundays. You resist the latest iPhone upgrades. And then — bam! — a random $9.99 charge hits your ...