Everything’s a Subscription Now (and We’re Mad About It): Printers, Solar Panels, iPhones & Late-Stage Capitalism

Sisters Kimberly and Michelle welcome you to the era of “you don’t own shit”—where even the thing you already bought can get yanked back the second a company pushes an update. We’re going off about the petty (HP printers that suddenly refuse generic ink unless you play their subscription game) and the downright diabolical (a “$10” checkout that quietly sneaks you into a $49 subscription like it’s foreplay).

Then it gets worse: solar panels that were owned until--oops! You try to sell the house and learn they're subscribed, iPhones that are only “free” if you chain yourself to a pricey contract, and streaming/app subscriptions stacked so high you don’t even know who you’re paying anymore.

We spiral into th ...