DECRYPTION – The proliferation of subscriptions to video-on-demand or video game platforms, for around ten euros each, ends up weighing heavily on the wallet.
A Netflix, Amazon or Disney streaming account… Another for music via Spotify or Deezer. Access to a video game platform, online software for studies or a regular supply of coffee. The multiplication of these subscriptions for ten euros each, ended up weighing heavily on the wallet. “The weight of subscriptions in the household budget is a subject that we have seen gaining momentum for some time”, emphasizes Jörg Müller, researcher at Crédoc, an organization that studies the living conditions of the French.
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The larger the family, the higher the cost can be. “It goes up very quickly. It is enough that we have adolescent children with other tastes, and we quickly find ourselves paying six or seven subscriptions for the whole family”, continues the researcher. The BearingPoint Submix study for 2022 figures these leisure expenses at nearly 37 euros per month, or more than 400 euros per year. Households are not always aware of this: according to this…
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