Comment by amelius
Comment by amelius 2 days ago
Or at some point subscribing to a service may be easier than owning the damn thing.
Comment by amelius 2 days ago
Or at some point subscribing to a service may be easier than owning the damn thing.
It already doesn't make sense to own a car for me. It's cheaper to just call an Uber.
Yes, a city viewport. I usually just walk, but when I don't I most often take the subway, not even Uber. Though I feel like in Toronto the subway or some part thereof is closed or under maintenance or whatever way too often. It's not very reliable.
Depends how often.
Multiple Ubers per day are expensive. ($55 x 365 = $20,000)
All in, a budget car costs less than half of that per year.
But if you replace some of that with public transportation, or a car is otherwise impractical, the math changes.
If you take off the conspiracy hat, you will see that there are many advantages to not owning a product. Such as that the vendor's incentives are better aligned with yours. For example, if the thing breaks, it is in __their__ best interest to fix it (or to not let it break in the first place). This also has positive implications for sustainability.
All according to plan