Subscription Fatigue
sub-SKRIP-shun fuh-TEEGnoun
DiagnosisCumulative, expensive
What it means
The exhaustion of paying monthly for things that used to be a purchase, a possession, or included.
What it actually means
I own nothing and pay for everything.
How it is used in a sentence
"I audited my subscriptions and found eleven I had forgotten about."
Filed under
Systemic Absurdities — Prices, platforms and institutions that were designed this way and would prefer you assumed otherwise.
Coinage — There was no phrase for this. We supplied one.
Related entries
Convenience Fee
Systemic Absurditieskun-VEEN-yuns feenounEuphemism
A charge added for the convenience of the company, passed on to you, on the grounds that you had no alternative.
Real meaningWe are charging you for the till.
The Loyalty Tax
Systemic Absurditiesthuh LOY-ul-tee taksnounCoinage
The surcharge paid for not shopping around, applied to everybody who assumed that staying would eventually be rewarded.
Real meaningNew customers get the discount. Existing ones fund it.