> In the future (or maybe it already is), most of our appliances and vehicles will be subscription-based just because companies can push it. This makes me angr

> In the future (or maybe it already is), most of our appliances and vehicles will be subscription-based just because companies can push it. This makes me angry and sad. But evidence so far shows it to be completely true. Free markets are not properly sorting this out, because markets are not really free. Instead they are mostly oligopoly, and can thus control image and regulation and competition.