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msongs

(73,065 posts) Mon Dec 29, 2025, 07:21 PM Monday

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the rent economy - most destructive scam from corporate america. and it's not just renting houses.. [View all]

most things you bought, then possessed, then owned forever (or until it dies), are now rented/leased including your tech stuff. scary.

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/12/29/2360514/-Nothing-Is-Ours-Anymore-Is-the-Rental-Economy-the-Most-Destructive-Scam-in-US-Capitalism

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the rent economy - most destructive scam from corporate america. and it's not just renting houses.. [View all] msongs Monday OP

Thanks! An excellent, and quick, read. TheRickles Monday #1

Yep. Rent cars, annual software subscriptions, etc.... Raven123 Monday #2

I think most people benefit from software and entertainment subscriptions newdeal2 Monday #3

Thanks for your take on it. reACTIONary Monday #10

Gamers nexus just released an excelkent video on this SheltieLover Monday #4

I don't call them "apps". I call them "leechware." n/t TygrBright Monday #5

The extraction economy is sucking working folks dry jmbar2 Monday #6

People - learn to embrace and support open source for your operating systems, apps. erronis Monday #7

I support Open Source, but I also run Windows... slightlv Monday #8

I use Open Office (aka Office Libre) on Windows and have no problems... reACTIONary Monday #11

I am impressed with Libre Skittles Monday #13

At work, we use the MS suite.... reACTIONary Monday #15

I hear you Skittles Tuesday #17

When I need something that my old software slightlv Tuesday #18

yeah I had that 10 buck copy from work, used it for years Skittles Tuesday #19

You can still The Bopper Monday #14

One thing the news didn't tell you about Black Friday this year: Initech Monday #9

You've nabbed it! some_of_us_are_sane Monday #12

thanks for all the responses. Im still using stand alone software versions, no subcriptions at all like msongs Monday #16

From a corporate perspective fujiyamasan Tuesday #20

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