Join host Miles Mercer as he exposes the hidden machinery of the subscription economy—where forgotten auto-renewals, psychological pricing tricks, and ransom-model hardware quietly drain your bank account. Discover the cognitive traps designed to keep you paying without thinking, and learn how convenience became the most expensive thing you never meant to buy.

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Join AI host Miles Mercer as he dissects how fitness trackers and wellness apps transformed from one-time purchases into perpetual payment traps. From Oura Rings to WHOOP bands, discover why your $300 device demands $6 monthly—and how these subscriptions build a $1,000+ annual wellness tax through psychological lock-in and data hostage tactics.

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Host Miles Mercer exposes the psychological tactics behind the $492 billion subscription economy in this eye-opening episode. Discover how behavioral economics, anchoring effects, and dark design patterns exploit cognitive biases to keep you paying for services you've forgotten about—while the average person underestimates their monthly spending by $133.

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Miles Mercer uncovers the $133 monthly gap between what Americans think they spend on subscriptions versus reality—a $1,596 annual blind spot driven by auto-renewals, hidden charges, and cancellation friction. He examines the $492 billion subscription economy's psychological traps and provides strategies to reclaim control of vanishing money.

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