The theory is simple: instead of buying a household item or a piece of clothing or some equipment you might use once or twice, you take it out and return it.
You didn’t subscribe to those things.
Oh my god dude renting has been a thing for millenia.
It’s not nearly as bad as it is now.
And it was always a scam, even back then.
So you just didn’t read the article?
One person hired a metal detector to hunt down the wedding ring they lost when camping in Sussex and found it within 20 minutes. Another rented a planer at £11 a day to fix two doors in her flat
A handheld pressure washer is £12 a day, while garden shears are £3.50
Renting is the “subscription” you’re complaining about. You’re right that rent-to-own is a scam at best, but unlike most digital subscriptions you’re using the thing to do something. Like with all rentals there’s a break even line where you would’ve been better buying the thing if you use it often/long enough. But the service existing is not itself a bad thing.
