After all the basic necessities of the coronavirus were purchased, the Russians faced a difficult question: what to do during the quarantine week? And then educational, entertaining and informative online services will come to the rescue, which temporarily make their services free.
We offer you the top 10 Internet services that have become free because of the coronavirus.
10. “KinoPoisk”
Promo code: POKAVSEDOMA, valid only in Russia
The largest Russian-language portal about cinema took care of the leisure of Russians during quarantine because of COVID-19 and opened free access to more than 7000 films, cartoons and TV shows located in the KinoPoisk HD online cinema.
The subscription will be valid until the end of April and will allow you to use all the features of not only KinoPoisk, but also Yandex.Plus.
It can be used by all users who currently do not have a subscription (including Yandex.Plus), as well as users who have signed up for KinoPoisk for a trial period, but have not renewed it.
9. IVI
The popular Russian online cinema did not introduce promotional codes, limiting itself to a nominal fee for a 30-day subscription. Until April 15, you can connect it for only 1 ruble. At the same time, automatic renewal of a subscription can be canceled at any time.
This service includes:
- access to 80,000 films and TV shows with 4K and HDR picture and 5.1 sound;
- the ability to download over 10,000 of them to a mobile device;
- lack of advertising while watching;
- simultaneous viewing of movies on 5 devices at once (computer, smartphone, tablet, etc.).
8. Netology
The educational Internet platform provided everyone with unlimited access to 80 video materials on marketing and management. You can take mini-courses on your own and at any time. The promotion with free access is valid for a month.
So if you have long wanted to get some structured and relevant knowledge on the basics of cybersecurity, working with Excel, classical project management, and other interesting things that can come in handy in business, now is the right time.
7. GeekBrains
The GeekBrains portal is intended for those who are taking their first steps in programming, management, marketing and design.
To get access to three online educational courses, you need to register on the site and fill out a short form, the link to which is given above. This service will be available until March 31.
6. Foxford
Since quarantine also affected several thousand Russian schools, the Foxford online educational platform provided free access to any courses in the school curriculum. Indeed, even during the epidemic of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, students need to gain knowledge.
The promotion will be valid until May 31 of this year.
5.1Password
The popular password manager made its role in supporting the business in a difficult time for the whole world. He removed the 30-day limit in his trial version, although the usual cost of this service is $ 7.99. In this way, both managers and employees can work safely from home.
To take advantage of the generous offer of 1Password you need to register in the application. An unlimited trial version will be valid for six months.
4. Pornhub (18+)
Free access to the premium account via the link (only if you are over 18)
The world's largest adult resource has decided to make a feasible contribution to the fight against coronavirus. He introduced an incentive premium for those who voluntarily agreed to self-isolation, as well as for those who undertake to comply with WHO recommendations - to wash their hands and maintain a distance with other people (3 meters).
Get a free premium account as those who have not yet been on Pornhub, and those who have registered there a regular account. Premium will be valid until April 23.
3. Sync
The project, which talks about art in an accessible language, during the coronavirus epidemic, provided everyone with free access to the courses “History of Art in 10 Masterpieces” and “History of Cinema in 10 Films”.
They include video tutorials, author texts, tests and additional materials (a selection of films on the topic of the lesson, books and articles for further independent study of the topic, etc.).
The first of the courses lasts 5 hours, and the second - 8, so you will have something to watch and listen to for a fairly long time.
2. Alpina
Great news for book lovers - Alpina Publishing House decided to join the list of free services for the time of quarantine and opened free access to a selection of books on a variety of topics. Here you can find the “Brief History of Drinking,” and a guide to the rules of healthy eating, as well as a book about when healthy eating can harm, and Shakespeare’s biography, and many other useful and interesting books.
The catalog will be open until the end of April, all books from the collection can be downloaded free of charge to your reader, read on the website or in the application for Android and IOS.
1. GOG.COM
Caring about the safety of its users, the GOG.COM game store offers them to stay at home and immerse themselves in the game world instead of watching the sad news about the coronavirus. And to make the dive as deep as possible, 27 games are immediately available to users.
In fairness, we note that they were previously free. It was only before that they had to be searched one by one among the many paid games, and now they are collected in one place, which will save a lot of time for GOG.COM users.
