How Gen Z is doomed to own nothing, but pay forever

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• paequ2@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Convenience beats owning things. 99.999% of non-techies I’ve talked to do not want to manage their computer or media. They don’t want to learn how things work or how to fix them.

  I can’t even convince them to use my seedbox to torrent media—heck I’ve even offered that I’ll do all the work, they just have to access Jellyfin! But, no. They prefer to pay to get access to the media now instead of messaging me, waiting for me to get the media, and then watching it.

  At the same time, they’ll complain that “everything is a subscription now!” I’m like bro…

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  • Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    A friend of mine spends upward of $1000/mo on food delivery.

    Like what the hell?

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    • jol@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      A friend who is very politically active (think gaza, queer rights and other leftist topics) refuses to use apps other than WhatsApp and Instagram because using any other apps is too much app switching. Meta is literally destroying democracies, but ya gotta have your comfy apps!

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  • just_another_person@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    If someone else owns your car, phone, house, and media, then you are owned.

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• Fiivemacs@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  The literal irony of selling glasses while also talking about how people can’t afford shit and are doomed to pay forever…holy crap

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• SolidShake@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Also gen z : ughhh… I only have 300 followers what am I doing wrong!? 😫

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