Imagine you not fully controlling a thing you "bought"

Truly this is a good barometer for the economic conditions of now. It is no longer sufficient profit to sell a thing. It must be joined with endless payments so the drip doesn't stop. But not because they know you have money. They know you don't have enough. So they will simply take a mafia cut at intervals. Giving you the means to truly own a thing would require paying people enough to burnish a savings account.