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How rental ‘libraries of things’ have become the new way to save money (www.theguardian.com)
submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/technology
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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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[–] andrewth09 7 points 6 months ago (1 children)

"We can share books if you pay me to maintain the book sharing system via a non optional tax." Universally loved system.

"We can share tools if you pay me to maintain those tools via a non optional tax." A niche program most libraries have.

"We can share tools if you pay me to maintain those tools via an subscription where I have a profit incentive." Literally 1984 and late stage capitalism.

[–] [email protected] -5 points 6 months ago

Yep.