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How rental ‘libraries of things’ have become the new way to save money (www.theguardian.com)
submitted 11 months ago by Aatube@kbin.melroy.org to c/technology@lemmy.world
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The theory is simple: instead of buying a household item or a piece of clothing or some equipment you might use once or twice, you take it out and return it.

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[-] lolcatnip@reddthat.com 0 points 11 months ago

Looks a lot like a BMW prototype I saw almost 20 years ago. I kept hoping they'd bring it to market, but I guess it's safe to give up on it by now!

[-] Aatube@kbin.melroy.org 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

They brought it to market for six glorious years but couldn't achieve mass-production and spent way too much on a ton of SKUs most people don't want before they basically went bankrupt.

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