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Sounds like someone is trying to morally justify their success off the back of those sweet, sweet subscription revenues.

Heated seats is a luxury, sure. But what about music? Kitchen appliances? Movies and TV? Productivity software? Transportation?

All these things are things we own much less of (or "own," as it were, since we got to keep physical custody of the bits, and they didn't try to authenticate against a web service)

The situation is positively feudal, people are sharecropping increasingly large parts of their lives. And the lords sit in their castles, surrounded by yes-men, pushing the limits of legality and ignoring the cries of the people that make their businesses happen.

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> Sounds like someone is trying to morally justify their success off the back of those sweet, sweet subscription revenues.

I implied nothing about myself. I myself did not go to university.

> Heated seats is a luxury, sure. But what about music? Kitchen appliances? Movies and TV? Productivity software? Transportation?

Subscription is just one way to pay for things, sometimes it makes sense sometimes it doesn't. Public transport have been using subscription for decades and people somehow don't think that's a bad thing.

For cars people usually use loans, and that ends up being just another form of monthly payment.

They have advantages and disadvantages depending on many factors. To have moral outrage because something in particular uses subscription makes no sense.

The waste majority of the things you named the waste majority of the time don't need subscription. And the reality is that while you don't need a subscription for music for example, people do actually prefer it in some cases and that is fine.

> people are sharecropping increasingly large parts of their lives

Comparing digital goods to land ownership is a terrible analogy.

> And the lords sit in their castles, surrounded by yes-men

You have a real flair for storytelling, next you will add some more fantasy element and you will tell me they have 'greedy grins' or whatever. Makes for good drama I guess.

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