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Re:Americans Own Less Stuff, and That’s Reason to Be Nervous by EADGBE on Tuesday August 14, 2018 @09:48AM (#17757838)
Sometimes it's just not worth it to own everything. Renting makes a lot of sense for a lot of people. Blockbuster et al were doing this forever ago. If you only cared to watch/use something once; renting it made a lot of sense, and still does.
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Re:Americans Own Less Stuff, and That’s Reason to Be Nervous by owie829 on Tuesday August 14, 2018 @01:18PM (#17759830)
renting at blockbuster made sense. You could watch a movie unlimited times within a 5 day period for $1.99, versus purchasing the video for $29.99.

renting at Amazon Kindle doesn't make sense. You could pay $9.99 to rent a digital version indefinitely (or until Amazon loses the rights to rent), or you can pay $6.50 to buy a paperback version that you have second sale rights to.

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Re:Americans Own Less Stuff, and That’s Reason to Be Nervous by freeone3000 on Tuesday August 14, 2018 @02:10PM (#17760386)
Right, but then this paperback takes up physical space. Having boxes and boxes of books is probably really nice for some people, and sounds nice in the abstract, but it's a right pain to move around! I'd rather have PDFs than any residual "second-sale" value.
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Re:Americans Own Less Stuff, and That’s Reason to Be Nervous by Someguywhatever on Tuesday August 14, 2018 @10:01AM (#17757954)
I agree especially with stuff like DVDs, and music media etc. It does make a lot of sense, until you get to bigger more important things.
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