{"id":29158,"date":"2024-11-24T13:05:51","date_gmt":"2024-11-24T12:05:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/?p=29158"},"modified":"2024-12-06T10:34:48","modified_gmt":"2024-12-06T09:34:48","slug":"subscriptions-are-ruining-our-lives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/2024\/11\/subscriptions-are-ruining-our-lives\/","title":{"rendered":"Subscriptions Are Ruining Our Lives"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><em>B2 &#8211; Upper Intermediate<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Subscriptions are becoming an inevitable aspect of both online and offline life. There will always be a subscription-based service to suit your demands, whether they are related to entertainment, food, or music. We pay for an increasing number of subscriptions because we desire services in our lives, and the more we pay, the bigger our costs get.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To learn more about how businesses use the subscription model, watch the video below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Subscriptions Are Ruining Our Lives. Here&#039;s Why They&#039;re Everywhere Now.\" width=\"580\" height=\"326\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zptP3GiaulE?wmode=transparent&amp;rel=0&amp;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Vocabulary Questions:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Explain\u00a0<em>\u201c<\/em><strong><em>cash grab<\/em><\/strong><em>\u201d<\/em>.\u00a0<em>\u201c\u00a0Like most people, I thought that subscriptions were just an annoying and frustrating <\/em><strong><em>cash grab <\/em><\/strong><em>by greedy corporations.\u201d.<\/em>\u00a0Create a sentence using this phrase.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>What does \u201c<strong><em>software tethering<\/em><\/strong>\u201d mean?&nbsp;\u201c<em>This tactic is called&nbsp;<\/em><strong><em>software tethering <\/em><\/strong><em>and it shows up all over the place<\/em>\u201d Use this term to make your own sentence.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>What is the meaning of \u201c<strong><em>to go public<\/em><\/strong>&#8220;?\u00a0<em>\u201cSalesforce went public in 2004 and was the top performing IPO of the year.<\/em>&#8221; Use this term in a sentence.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Discussion Questions:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>How do you feel about subscription-based services in general?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>How do you feel about subscription services that force you to pay for something you own?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>What is the purpose of subscriptions today? 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