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While your point about canceling clotheswashing service is fair, also think about the benefit. People can use the service that can't buy washing machines. This

While your point about canceling clotheswashing service is fair, also think about the benefit. People can use the service that can't buy washing machines. This is a reality in India for working-class people. And even someone like me who could buy a washing machine for ₹40,000 would rather spend a few hundred rupees a month. If it breaks down, I don't lose any money, and someone else can deal with the hassle of getting it serviced. I had to throw away a washing machine a few years back because the company wouldn't repair it. Don't look at only one side of the coin.

xkpd3 9y ago
I can buy a used washing machine for cheap. Subscriptions are killing the second hand market, and this is intentional.
ksec 9y ago
On the other side, these "Services" aren't mostly there because they are cheaper. Washing Clothes by yourself along with Washing Machine is still magnitude cheaper for most countries. But it saves us time in doing it, or to be precise, we are lacking our time to do it because the economy is very good at extracting every single ounce left in your free time for work. And sometimes you have other priorities. That is why we now even have meal prep services for families. Sometimes I wonder if this is what the economist called "Services Economy" that some / most country must transition into.