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Death by 1000 cuts exists, though.

Assume $120 annually for Netflix. A cost almost everyone assumes now, and most people have (58M subscribers in the US/~120M households in the US). $120 compounded yearly at an 8% rate over 18 years is almost ~$5k. Depending on the year attended that's anywhere between 2/3 years of a degree and half of a semester at a public institution (in today's dollars).

Point is, it all adds up. And taking your example; the most expensive things we spend money on are also inflating at an abnormally high rate. The money has to come from somewhere, and when it's leaking out $10/month at a time, it's sometimes hard to find and easy to overlook.