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8 months agoI know it’s the title but I dislike clickbait.
I know it’s not just me who is suddenly living life as a smooth-brained subscriber. The average consumer spends $273 per month on subscriptions, according to a 2021 poll of 2,500 by digital services firm West Monroe, which found this spending was up 15 percent from 2018. Not a single person polled knew what his actual monthly spending was.
I only spend $17.38 a month on subscriptions. But that’s because I share many family plans.
The coveted 5 9s of availability is only 5.26 minutes of downtime