I have had my same fridge for 10 years, with no signs of failure. Unless the monthly payment was $3.00 or less, I would be paying more than I should starting in June.

The rental/do not own anything model is just awful, in my opinion.

Totally agree. The more time passes, the more I realize that I want to own what I have. I've grown more selective about what I purchase in general and I've become more minimalistic; but if I want to have it at all, then I want it to be mine free and clear. Especially when it comes to tools, land, and personal items. I want Good Quality and paid for with cash.

I tend to use things until they completely wear out, and I get really good life out of them. This makes them very cheap compared to the usage pattern of upgrading all of the time. Renting would be very expensive lifestyle; and my usage pattern is more environmentally friendly to boot.

Couldn't agree more. Anything you don't own 100% can be put in jeopardy totally at randomly. If it's something important that can be incredibly stressful.

I think the trend of soft social credit score via big tech makes this an even dicier proposition.

For appliances, the vulture capitalists are building things to break sooner to get you to buy more often.

White goods are relatively easy to repair, though, and the parts tend to be relatively easy to find as well.

Soon you will own nothing and be happy! According to the great reset and the WEF.

Leasing usually isn't cheaper than owning long term though. So your total cost will most likely be higher.

Hence my point about the price needing to be much much lower.

It's not that I want to own or lease most random stuff I use. I want the use of a particular item. Since owning is cheaper I own a lot of stuff.

If my local library or maker space had better tool and book availability I would own fewer tools sitting in the shed used for one project and not with the effort to resell