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by frereubu 1276 days ago
I've always liked the idea of "Libraries of Things". You join it like a normal library and can borrow things that you don't use often, so you don't even need to buy them in the first place. Here's an example in the UK: https://sharefrome.org/things/
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I loved this. There are multiple incarnations of the concept.

Then in my city came the startups, the tech bros and sisters without tech background but marketing-fu and now you have to pay a monthly fee to lend and rent screwdrivers.

Back to getting on a first-name basis with my neighbours then.