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by londons_explore 1691 days ago
Because it severely reduces the quality of service received by the user.

If I have a subscription to Walmart which gives me half price food in return for $50/month, you can bet I'll always be shopping there.

That means I'll usually drive further for food, have less selection, and will be far less likely to switch to another grocery store.

When many stores have a subscription model, they can start to creep prices up for non-subscribers, and before long grocery shopping starts to look like cable internet or phone plans.

I can't 'just switch to AT&T for a few minutes to see if it's faster'!

Endgame:. "36 month Walmart Grocery Plus for $50/month. Early termination charge: $1800. For just $25/month extra, you can also shop at other Walmart locations."

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Just like the Amazon Prime strategy then
Yep, and Amazon are not good guys.