As the cost of living crisis forces many to cancel subscriptions, we ask Birmingham locals how they feel about the growing subscription model trend. From TV streaming to food delivery, is subscription culture becoming unmanageable and unaffordable?
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00:00I think it's becoming too much manage and afford.
00:03We subscribe to very little.
00:06I prefer, particularly in the case of groceries,
00:11to go and buy myself,
00:14rather than have it subscribe to any scheme
00:18that gives me deliveries.
00:20As far as television is concerned,
00:23we don't subscribe to anything.
00:25We only use free-to-air.
00:27Yes, it is because it's too much to manage and afford.
00:31My husband's cancelled some of the sports subscriptions
00:35because of cost.
00:38What he's then ended up doing
00:40is often viewing things on a pay-per-view basis,
00:44which, again, is really expensive.
00:46It's difficult once you've got all those subscriptions
00:49to then decide which ones you want to rule out,
00:52but I think when you add up the cost per month
00:55of subscriptions, it's massive, it's huge.
00:58Yeah.