Rentlar@lemmy.ca to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 8 months agoIn what ways are people today being convinced to spend money beyond their means?message-squaremessage-square12fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-squareIn what ways are people today being convinced to spend money beyond their means?Rentlar@lemmy.ca to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 8 months agomessage-square12fedilink
minus-squareSendMePhotos@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 months agoSubscriptions everywhere. Video, credit, energy bills (subscription for repairs/maintenance), music, news sites, YouTubers, CARS, etc. I can’t fucking escape this hell!
minus-squareRGB3x3@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·8 months agoEnergy bills aren’t really subscriptions like the others though. You pay for the energy you use. Whereas with the others, you’re paying the same price every month regardless of how much you use.
minus-squareotp@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·8 months agoYours doesn’t come with a delivery fee that you’d have to pay every month regardless of any usage?
minus-squareSendMePhotos@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 months agoOh yeah. Does that count as a subscription too?
Subscriptions everywhere. Video, credit, energy bills (subscription for repairs/maintenance), music, news sites, YouTubers, CARS, etc. I can’t fucking escape this hell!
Energy bills aren’t really subscriptions like the others though. You pay for the energy you use.
Whereas with the others, you’re paying the same price every month regardless of how much you use.
Yours doesn’t come with a delivery fee that you’d have to pay every month regardless of any usage?
Oh yeah. Does that count as a subscription too?