• Rentlar@lemmy.caOP
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    9 months ago

    A thread on rising credit card debt in the US, combined with news of sustained spending levels and a rosy outlook on the economy at the surface got me thinking about this.

    Recent trends that I thought of:

    • Those “Pay over X months” schemes for smaller purchases than before.
    • Tip amounts appearing in more places than they need to be, and increasing.
    • Inflation of the prices of basic necessities and everything else
    • Everything becoming a monthly subscription
    • Deregulation of online gambling and related ads

    I’m hoping for more recent trends and things I might not have considered like social media, but I also welcome personal experiences, expanding on any of the above and historical examples.