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by topkai22 1831 days ago
This article is talking about electronics and integrated digital-mechanical systems, but right now there is also a big financial premium on ownership in real estate as well. Not sure if these are linked, but I wonder if long term low inflation and interest rates makes subscription revenue more attractive than in a more volatile environment. Seems like probably.
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The nice thing about prime real estate is that the supply is relatively limited compared to manufactured goods. Letting any noticeable concentration of ownership occur will be a pretty bad thing. Oligopoly will be just as bad as monopoly.
If real estate is being used on a subscription basis (a.k.a rented out) there's still ownership going on.