• Cacaocow@feddit.org
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    3 days ago

    No, thats wrong. Subscriptions just provide a continuous revenue stream and in long term larger profits than a one-of purchse.

    It actually has the opposite effect, people that own, have something to lose, people who don’t own have nothing to lose. And you do not want to anger people, that have nothing to lose.

    • VAK@lemmy.world
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      3 days ago

      I don’t know why some have downvoted you. People with nothing to lose are potentially the most dangerous.

    • explodicle@sh.itjust.works
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      3 days ago

      The original poster’s “elites” in this case are bribing for macroeconomic policy that encourages subscriptions. Buying your Whatever on credit didn’t make sense until they started punishing us for saving money to buy the Whatever. Consumers or retailers don’t just want to replace sales with rentals - they’re responding to an incentive.

      You do have something to lose. Your car, your home, your supper. Most people are living paycheck to paycheck. This is bad because we’re more vulnerable than if we had savings. This is so it will be harder for us to successfully strike.