The Subscription Economy Sucks.

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Subscriptions enforce customer loyalty, but their perceived value has worn off:


To improve personal finance and wellness on a large scale will take a large solution. I do believe, however, there are portions of the problem we can break down and take on. Hearing the line from Westenberg (2023) “We’re stuck in a subscription payment hamster wheel” gave me that portion as a wheel to dismantle.

In another article, I was led to believe people were ready for more subscriptions and there was less of a care over ownership. Here, I get a perspective from an individual who misses the tools that they once called theirs. How can I balance the perception of those who are for subscriptions, and those who believe it’s the worst thing to happen to consumers?

Through the research behind these booming services, I also learned that subscriptions could possibly lead to a mega-platform. However, this article doesn’t see connections, only cracks. Content is being fragmented across services, where every platform has its own price.

The author feels taken for granted and trapped, which is the opposite of what my scope sets out to do. Here is an opportunity to create a system that allows people to maintain their resiliency over these services, but how is that done?


References

Westenberg, J. (2023, October 15). The Subscription Economy Sucks. Medium. https://joanwestenberg.medium.com/the-subscription-economy-sucks-5324f402491a