This is definitely on the horizon and future generations won’t even be aware of a time when you didn’t pay a subscription for every aspect of life. (TikTok screencap)

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    8 hours ago

    My fridge is about that old too. It’s entirely possible that fridge will still be chugging along in 2050. Whereas a brand new Samsung fridge has about a zero chance of lasting until 2050.

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      5 hours ago

      Not zero, about the same as the survivorship bias of old appliances.

      And the electricity cost will be about 10 times lower.