I know the article didn’t intend to come across this way, but I couldn’t help feeling like this article is a little bit condescending to the customer. Is it ac

I know the article didn’t intend to come across this way, but I couldn’t help feeling like this article is a little bit condescending to the customer. Is it accusing the common person of being unable to evaluate whether something has value to them? I think all of us know the dynamics of subscriptions and are relatively clear-eyed about their value. Just ask the average person how they feel about price increases at Netflix and Disney+ and you’ll hear very reasonable arguments being made. The author seems to believe that the vendor wanting your money and getting it from you is a big trick and a scam. Or, we can call it an exchange of goods and services. Then the article turns toward time-productivity guilt tripping. “If you like watching TV you’re wasting your life.” Maybe we should be upskilling and side hustling instead! Or, perhaps now is the time to point out the vast selection of activities and hobbies that cost way more money than most subscription services. And, yes, a lot of consumer subscriptions feel cheap because they are cheap. You can’t even get out of a grocery store one time for less than $50 these days, so spending $50-100 for an entire year of something does look petty darn good in comparison.