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If the shoe lasted 10x as long, why would you need a subscription? Buy it once, no need to buy it again for 10 years?
by confidantlake 6y ago
If the shoe lasted 10x as long, why would you need a subscription? Buy it once, no need to buy it again for 10 years?
- ed_balls 6y agoBecause the initial price would be steep. Let's say you spend $70 dollars on shoes and they last 2 years, so that's $350 for 10 years. It would be hard to design a single pair of shoes, especially at the beginning, at lasts 10 years. The goal would be to replace that pair after 5 years. No one would pay $350 for a pair of shoes from an unknown company, but if I'd offer them for $3/month it's a different story.
- travisjungroth 6y agoAnd if they stop paying they return the shoes? This sounds more like a loan than a subscription.
- AlchemistCamp 6y agoI spend $15 on shoes and they last a year and a half, even though I'm a runner. That's about $100 for 10 years.