How rental ‘libraries of things’ have become the new way to save money - eviltoast

The theory is simple: instead of buying a household item or a piece of clothing or some equipment you might use once or twice, you take it out and return it.

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    6 months ago

    it’s not dystopic in the sense that companies are selling tools to people who don’t need tools for an extremely prolonged time.

    That would be fucking dystopic, being forced to buy tools you don’t need, because it’s the only option to get them.