It's....
So no way for current members on Classic to take advantage of the $99 again this year? Last year I got the $99 deal and it's carried me through 2021. Was hoping to do it again...
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Yeah, same; from what I understand, they are trying to make us roll over to the new plan, so they don't have to give us 12 games per month.
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I hope they will run such promo next month (Christmas etc - they should allow us to gift the subscription for lower price :) )
Not sure why they limit Classic subscribers to pay only in US dollars for the subscription (It's like someone wrote here that HB wants to get rid of Classic subscribers).
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You can buy it as a gift and then claim it yourself.
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With how it's going lately, that's $100 more than it is worth!
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and they put the offer at the worst possible monthly choice ever (for me)
I wouldn't even pay $6 for this month crap
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Has anyone confirmed whether you can gift a $99 plan to someone with an existing sub from an account that doesn't currently have one? When trying to purchase it yourself it says that it's only for new subscribers, but when you check the gift box that warning seems to be removed (I can't check myself because I have a current sub).
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You just gift it to an email address. Then you get a link they (you) can claim, and it will add 12 months to your existing subscription.
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Yeah, that's how it worked last year but I just wanted to make sure it works the same way this year, since this year they aren't even allowing people with existing subs to gift the sub using the promo code (which they allowed last year). Didn't want to ask for help and get stuck with a sub I can't claim ^^
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I have a (paused) sub, seems like it would let me check out. What do you see? https://i.imgur.com/3YPOIKS.png
Maybe give this link a try: https://www.humblebundle.com/subscription/checkout?gift=true&tier=premium&duration=annual&promo=holiday21
And their help pages still state you can add Premium Choice to an existing Classic Choice:
If you are already on a Classic Plan then you can redeem either a Basic or Premium gift as these will add to your subscription credits. Classic Plan subscribers cannot redeem Lite gifts.
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It works until you want to pay then it is invalid coupon - unfortunately.
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Ah, indeed. I can confirm the same when I continue to PayPal: "Your coupon or promotional discount is no longer available or is invalid."
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Thank you for the info. I was reading a confusing comment before yours, which claimed that it was possible.
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You are welcome. It is 100% not possible from your account.
This confusing comment may be connected with other situation. I did not tried, but theoretically if you would buy from another account (which, to be clear, IS NOT ALLOWED by HB) then it potentially could work. As I said I dont want to use such trick and can not confirm if it would work.
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Got it for myself last year and decided to take it for one more.. just to see what will happen.
Games in the monthly's are going down by quality but if i get a good game or 3 i would otherwise buy (wich i hardly do these days as i lack time) i already earned back the money.. all other games will be a bonus... so lets see what happens
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Is it possible to extend your humble subscription for this price if you still have more months on it?
My friend had asked me and i had no idea.
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You can redeem a gift subscription purchased by another account.
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Is worth? like a classic subscriber and recurring "pauser" I must say that is worth, because you're receiving around 120 games for 99, that is less than a dollar for game, however, not all months you will be happy with the bundle, because sometimes are "bad games" or simply games different to our tastes, and one thing is true, the quality of the games is not the same that 3 or 4 years ago, but you have the option of pause a month (I'm not sure about that in this promotion) but at the end, yes, is worth.
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I'm a classic subscriber and generally only wind up buying a bundle every few months. I almost always get them for $8 by attempting to pause before buying to get $4 off. The $99/12 works out to $8.25 per bundle. Now you are guaranteed to get that price every time by buying the year, and there's no guarantee they'll keep offering the pause coupons, but for me the up front commitment just isn't worth it.
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well is just 0,25.. for some it works ... for others it doesn't ...
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Last year it was possible to extend the classic plan by purchasing a 12 month subscription from another account and redeeming it on the main account. Can anyone confirm if this is possible this year?
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Didn't try it yet, but last year it was not required to buy it from another account. I bought gift subscription and activated link under my account (HB just said something like that - "are you sure to redeem your gift to yourself?")
I think, I'll try to buy Basic annual subscription this time (last time I've bought Premium gift, not sure why I didn't think about Basic plan) and gift it to myself (I'm on Classic and this is my last month).
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Just redeemed annual Basic gift to my Classic account:
December 8, 2021 Unlocked December 2021 Humble Choice
December 8, 2021 Received 12-Month Classic Plan
December 8, 2021 Gifted Annual Basic Plan
I was not able to use HOLIDAY21 coupon since I'm from "not eligible" country. But I've bought annual subscript for ~85$ (6300 RUB)
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Yes, only Basic and Premium. I assume Lite cannot be redeemed because it doesn't include monthly bundle "slots" - as you know it's just 10% discount and access to Trove.
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https://support.humblebundle.com/hc/en-us/articles/360036658733#gift
"If you are already on a Classic Plan then you can redeem either a Basic or Premium gift while retaining your Classic plan status. Redeeming Basic or Premium gifts will add a credit to your account to unlock a current or future month of Humble Choice as a Classic plan. Classic Plan subscribers cannot redeem Lite gifts"
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Hey, coincidentally my $6/3 months expired with December, so this lines up well. Easy choice (heh) for $8.25 per month IMO.
For what it's worth, I claimed my $6 December games, cancelled my subscription, and was immediately able to apply the coupon.
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I'm thinking about doing the same thing. Do you still have the 20% discount for this month? Or when you cancel does that go away even though you've already paid for this month?
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Looks like I still have the 20% discount because I already paid for December
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Apparently I don't need Humble Choice at all :) At least it's the second month in a row when I manage to win that one game I want.
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Did not get the email, but the $99 for a year is advertised on SG and ST (lol on both accounts) but when I click on it it says "new subscriptions only", nothing about cancelled plans... I have an active plan, so I'm afraid to cancel it - what if I will then be unable to apply the coupon afterwards, since I did not get the email. Think I will stick to what I have already rather than risk the coupon not working for me
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I cancelled my monthly plan right after paying early for December. Then I waited a few minutes and clicked one of the ads on SG and to get the $ 99 offer. You will not be able to use the offer as an active subscriber (I tried).
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Thank you for replying, I suspected active subscribers would get no benefit again.
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I ordered premium last year in october/november, i paid through having enough funds in paypal, since i don't have a creditcard.
This month it says i need to pay again. and i can click and use the deal if i proceed (i will do it once i have enough money again).
So if it gets cancelled i am sure the deal will be applyable.
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oh I see, I think I misunderstood what darktribble was saying, I can't use the deal as active sub, but if I cancel I can apply the coupon. Thanks, Lugum!
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I did get an invalid coupon thing after all afterwards when actually trying to pay, so sorry. (Although it seems you can just resubscribe again).
Did you ever managed to get it to work?
[Edit] Found it working if you cancel first and then really choose to send it as a gift.
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Did you send it as gift to yourself? Is that possible? I have not tried yet, I see the promotion is active until January and I already paid for December, so I might wait until after Steam sales to decide about Humble subscription. I have 3 months left of my 12 months for 10 € promotion, so this would be a better deal for me
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Yeah but first tried to renew subscription and then send a gift, but that didn't work, because it would just automatically renew your subscription, only if you cancel and select send as gift seperately it worked (took some figuring out).
3 months for 10 euro compared to about 70+ euro you can get off total, isn't that going to be much cheaper?
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Oh absolutely, it will be a lot cheaper for me to cancel the 3 months I have left, just asking around here first to get info on how to do it properly, I suspect I would not figure it out on my own XD. And I absolutely would not pay the 18 € it costs to get HB Choice at full price, which will probably be the case if I don't manage to gift the coupon to myself. thanks for your help Lugum, I will try your method during the weekend, even Steam sale will be live by then so I will sort out all my money-spending at once :)
So just to confirm: I must cancel my subscription, then use the coupon but select to send as gift during checkout, then send the gift to myself? They ask for email address and I just give them the one I normally use or do I need a new email?
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I selected that thing at the bottom (gift choice) after cancelling the subscription.
I dunno if you selected credit card before, or used paypal like i did, but don't think that should matter in the end.
And i send the gift to my own email adress, i don't think humble is happy with multiple accounts.
I know all about spending money, got humble choice, some on gog sale, and on reseller sites, on some booze for xmas/new year and yeah still waiting on steam's sale too. :}
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Coming back to tell you it has worked for me, thank you for helping me out! I would not have figured out how to do it by myself.
(side note: spent 21 € on Steam sale already and have my eye on some more games, plus 86 € for HB subscription, RIP to me this month XD. Then Again I paid for the whole year on HB, so good for me in the next 12 months :D )
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Glad it worked. :)
Yeah it's a big chunk, but it's atleast for a whole year, while some complain about it, it must have some games that will be worth it. ;)
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Were you on the classic plan before canceling? What plan are you currently subscribed to?
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I cancelled my classic plan a few months ago, then went on a 3 month-monthly premium trial with for $ 6 per month. Now I chose the 1 year premium deal for $99.
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I did this offer. Topcashback currently has 8% at humble and Chase Freedom currently has 5% for Paypal purchases (until the end of the year). Not too shabby. Also, apparently select paypal accounts also have 10% cashback on humble, but you probably can't combine it with the Topcashback offer https://www.reddit.com/r/humblebundles/comments/rdyftp/paypal_is_offering_10_cashback_on_hb_purchases/
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- In France, I don't see the deal at Paypal.
- I assume Chase Freedom is an American bank, right?
- I see the offer at TopCashBack, I have never used that website before, but might if it is available outside of the USA.
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Yeah. Chase is the bank and Freedom is the name of the credit card. Also works with Freedom Flex
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Just got an email after canceling since my $6/mo for 6 mos was done… but this time they are only offering 2 more months at $6.
Im going to wait for a better offer with more months especially since Dec picks not appeal to me.
Copied from offer:
Updated: Get $6 Choice for 2 months!
"Sorry, our bad... We sent you an offer to get 2 months of Humble Choice for $6 per month, but it didn’t work like we planned. If you’d still like to get this offer, you can rejoin using the link below before December 31. Sorry about your inbox, and apologies for the inconvenience!"
Rejoin today
Single use coupon. Coupon is redeemable to sign up to Humble Choice Premium at $6 USD a month for 2 months before any applicable taxes and fees. Coupon expires on December 31 at 9:59am PT. This price is locked in for 2 months, and this offer will be void if your plan is canceled or paused. Gifts are not eligible. This coupon may not be combined with other identical coupons in the same transaction, and may not be combined with other Humble Bundle coupons. Discount will be automatically applied at time of checkout. Coupon has no cash value. Void where prohibited or restricted by law. Coupon may not be reproduced, copied, purchased, traded or sold. Unauthorized transfer of coupon and internet distribution strictly prohibited. Users in Russia and China are not eligible.
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You can gift this to another account with Classic Subscription. Another account stays on Classic plan for next year. I bought this to my friend and it works. I dont have/had any plan active.
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It sucks that I can't buy it, only gift it. If there was option I would consider it.
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Humble might not like that.
Can't see what's wrong just gifting it to yourself, it's what i did. Nothing changes afaik.
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That is what I was trying to do. But I guess I have to cancel the active subscription to do this.
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i've been looking to buy it could i gift it to you and you gift me your version? would that work
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Thanks for the help. I would do it, but I don't want to lose my current subscription, so I can't.
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You dont lose, if it is a gift. If you are on Classic and someone buy you this, then you continue with Classic plan. It works for me. My plan is active to 27. december 2022
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Sure if someone buys it for me, but I can't do the same for return. So I guess I have to wait for another offer.
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sorry bro, I would gladly helps to you for money. But It works only once for account. Just ask some of your friends. Im buying game for my friend a he owe me about 100€ now. Altogether he spend over 1000€ for games through me, because he dont have bank account.
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That won't work. HB won't even let you buy it as a gift if you already have a subscription.
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Still running Classic that ends in April. If I won't get a better deal (than the full price), then it is a good bye for Humble Bundle. Just like many others I feel that the offered games are getting worse and worse.
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Effectively, people want to pay no more than $6/month and then complain that the quality is not the same as it used to be (when it was $12 with no discount options). Find the contradiction.
If you pay $6, every single month is still amazing value. Even for $8/m (with is $99/y) I don't know any other bundle that offers that much value.
People are really complaining too much.
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Amen. If we do some math, then 99$/12 = 8,25$ per month. Then 8,25$/ average 10 games = 0,825$ per game. Then 0,825/3 because HB, developer, charity = 0,275$ to every group. It is example but you as developer get only 0,275$ for your game. And even complains about it. And not only on bad game, because in every choice is one good game at least. Even on DailyIndieGame arent so low with prices.Im so sorry for devs, who get complains even for such bargain prices. They work for nothing compared to prices in Steam and other platforms. I understand that this world deserves bad games, because there are people, who cant value work behind them.
(and I dont count cards from games and their selling prices with luck for foil cards)
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See the reply to Menacer. Your reply is an absolute hyperbole.
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Well sorry, but the Premium Choice (which can be seen as an equivalent to the Classic plan) is 160 Euros, which is about 180 USD. I have been paying for Humble Monthly and then Choice Classic for over 4 years. Most of the games were given away on this website or to my friends or family. I am truly sorry that I am such an evil person to ask for some sort of a discount (whether it be a -10% or -25% off on my next bill) as a long-time loyal customer without actually having to do some shenanigans with gifting subscription to myself. God damn it, how dare I right? I explicitly wrote "better deal (than the full price)" and not "better deal than -50 % off". Maybe I should have worded it differently or just explained myself more.
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Life is not fair. How many times I was fair, but at the end, I was scammed. Even now, some minutes ago. Im giving game with cards to my friend. I run ASF and gather cards for his account. Plus I activate him all free games, dlcs, osts, I activate for myself. Everything I want for games I bought and activated was he send me cards I gather throught ASF. And what he did? He sends me 10 cards for my 10 cards, because he wants to create badge for his game. I pay for games, I activate them, I gather them and he wants 1:1 change. In the end, he sends me 10 cards and I look at his profile, where he had Level 5 badges for his games. I know from bying game you can gather only half number to craft bagde. And because I buying games for him, because he dont have bank account, so he pays me cash, that he cant buy cards from market. So he changed my cards for cards to craft his badge. And I call him friend.. life is not fair, even between friends. Just use what you can use.
And I reply to Menacer post, not to your post. There are many worse posts than yours, just Menacer hits my string and I want to continue.
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Life is not fair, that much is obvious to anyone above 3yo. BUT there is no reason to just play along.
If HB wants to charge classic subscribers full price while selling the same bundle for half price to others, then I don't want to be the classic subscriber any more, tyvm.
It's like Luke 15:11-32 all over again. :-P
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Check your regional pricing on Basic plan, maybe it's cheaper then 12$. You can buy it as a gift and gift it to yourself (in my case I've bought annual subscription for ~85$ (6300 RUB))
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I have a HB Choice account and couldn't buy it as a gift. It seems like only people who don't have current subscriptions can buy this as a gift.
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If your subscription hasn't got perks, just cancel it, then buy it as a gift?
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Sorry, I mistyped. Unfortunately it does. You can't sign up for classic anymore and I have classic (not choice like I indicated).
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Classic gives you 10 games instead of Premium's 9. So with Classic you are guaranteed 10 games for $12, whereas with Premium you're relying on them giving you a discount deal like this one. Otherwise you'll be paying $20 for 9 games.
One could argue though, that 1 additional game doesn't weigh up against a 40% discount. Imo Classic is worth it if you're in it for the long haul and don't want to rely on luck/discounts, and Premium is better if you're looking for the best deal right now.
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Premium gives you all (12) available games.
At first they said and it was 9 or 10, but it's been 12 for some time now. It's the best subscription, especially for $99.
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I just took it from their own support page. Are you sure the change wasn't some temporary offering?
Definitely the best deal though, even for 9 games.
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Almost pretty sure, It's been 12 games for atleast 6 months.
I took the $99 deal a few days ago since i ran out in november, and again i could still choose 12 games this month.
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Premium gives you the full choice bundle now, there is no obvious difference to classic.
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You can pause whenever you like and never pay more than $12.
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Yeah ok, so you save $2 a month ($24 over a yearly sub) if you're lucky to still have classic :)
Of course, this deal negates it, if like a lot of people you only buy the occasional monthly, this yearly deal means one saves a whopping $4 ($4.50 for me due to exchange rate at the moment!) over a monthly classic sub.
For me personally, I've always gotten yearly deals, so the fact I have classic is not a perk, per sé.
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If you can get someone else to gift it to you, you will be able to get 12 extra months of Classic.
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I keep getting this error:
" Invalid Coupon
Your coupon or promotional discount is no longer available or is invalid. "
When trying to purchase gift.
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Unsubscribe and click gift in the picture. https://www.steamgifts.com/go/comment/JAEwEeX
I had the same, but that way it worked for me.
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I confirm you can redeem the gift and extend a classic subscription by 12 months. You need to buy the gift from another account however, ask a friend or family to do it for you.
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A question that will be very trite now, I am a classic subscriber since 2016 I have no months left to redeem and I have been pausing since July, I like this month but when pausing I did not like the discount they offered me, I can give myself a premium year for 99 or that Do I have options? Thank you
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You can redeem a gift from another account if you have friends without an active subscription, or if you don't mind the hassle of making another account. I gifted myself a 1-year premium from my SO account.
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Just got an e-mail that offers one year of humble choice premium for 99$.
I quote:
"$99 annual membership offer with promo code HOLIDAY21 expires January 4, 2022. $99 annual membership offer for new and canceled Humble Choice members only. Users in Russia and China are not eligible.
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