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basically pay for the whole pc the first year, but you don't own it. yup. several sites have run articles on it.
So it's like every other subscription rental service or Rent-to-own business. Those services have always been a scam. Nowhere near a new idea, and definitely not the first company to do it with electronics.
Don't see how this is any different than the hundreds of other companies that do this all over the place, other than it being a manufacturer directly instead of a middle man.
Canadians of a certain age will remember Buck-a-day computers from the 2000's
https://archive.org/details/do-you-really-want-a-clone
that was something like price didn't include tax, monitor, or shipping (an outrageous amount for that, too). imagine having four years left on your glorious 850mhz celeron system with 64mb ram when winxp comes out.