Parasitic subscription - Revision history

Elie at 22:25, 29 November 2025

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	A '''parasitic subscription'''{{x\|By coining this term, ~~hopefully~~ it'll be a bit easier to identify and deal with!}} is a service you pay for, that you barely use or don't use at all, and is wasting your money. It's not always your fault, and you're not alone. Some companies try to manipulate people into this.		A '''parasitic subscription'''{{x\|hopefully by coining this term, it'll be a bit easier to identify and deal with}} is a service you pay for, that you barely use or don't use at all, and is wasting your money. It's not always your fault, and you're not alone. Some companies try to manipulate people into this.

	==Examples==		==Examples==

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Examples

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	{{empty}} {{talk\|note: for the examples that involve a company manipulating people, be sure to explain how}}		{{empty}} {{talk\|note: for the examples that involve a company manipulating people, be sure to explain how}}
			<!-- DRAFT: maybe mention:
			* Gym memberships (take advantage of sunk cost psychology, self-blame and optimism about maybe finding the motivation later)
			* what else?
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	==Economics==		==Economics==

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A '''parasitic subscription'''{{x|By coining this term, hopefully it'll be a bit easier to identify and deal with!}} is a service you pay for, that you barely use or don't use at all, and is wasting your money. It's not always your fault, and you're not alone. Some companies try to manipulate people into this.

==Examples==
{{empty}} {{talk|note: for the examples that involve a company manipulating people, be sure to explain how}}

==Economics==
{{empty}} {{talk|maybe talk about how maybe some services would be too expensive if it weren't for all the customers who pay and barely use it, subsidizing the ones who do? idk, need some examples, not sure if this is really relevant or nah}}

==Policies we need==
* Require an easy way to cancel {{en}}

==See also==
* [[Enshittification]]