Or San Francisco a decade ago.

The door refused to open. It said, “Five cents, please.”
He searched his pockets. No more coins; nothing. “I’ll pay you tomorrow,” he told the door. Again he tried the knob. Again it remained locked tight. “What I pay you,” he informed it, “is in the nature of a gratuity; I don’t have to pay you.”
“I think otherwise,” the door said. “Look in the purchase contract you signed when you bought this conapt.”
In his desk drawer he found the contract; since signing it he had found it necessary to refer to the document many times. Sure enough; payment to his door for opening and shutting constituted a mandatory fee. Not a tip.
“You discover I’m right,” the door said. It sounded smug.
From the drawer beside the sink Joe Chip got a stainless steel knife; with it he began systematically to unscrew the bolt assembly of his apt’s money-gulping door.
“I’ll sue you,” the door said as the first screw fell out.
Joe Chip said, “I’ve never been sued by a door. But I guess I can live through it.

Philip K. Dick, Ubik

Toilets have been a subscribtion since always

San Francisco since the 21st century has had four or five public restrooms that are automated and self cleaning, and free! Why? Because even then poop from the homeless and impoverished was a problem.

Not allowing people to use your business restroom is just a good way to end up with occasionally cleaning up poop on your grounds, and your back alleys perpetually smelling like urine. In the meantime, if you do let people use your restroom for free, they're more inclined to return to your establishment to patronize it.

Small businesses in the US like restaurants and cafes will lock their bathrooms anyway more out of habitual miserliness: Laws in the US immensely favor large chains and franchises, so small business owners and managers get used to doing everything they can to raise revenues and lower costs (including stealing tips and underpaying staff) so the petit bourgeoisie for a while seemed crueler than big corporations. (As workplace regulation violations are not being investigated, big businesses are catching up, as per Amazon and Facebook). In 2026, small resellers rarely open their restrooms up to the public, and some restaurants and cafes don't feature restrooms at all.

And so major cities all have poop problems, either managed by municipal cleaners or by ordinance requiring property owners keep their grounds clean.

I recommend bi-metal hole saws all day long!

Why would you bother with a jigsaw or a router when you can get the confort of a well rounded hole!

just poop your pants and you might become the new leader

The subscriptions which are actually still hard to avoid are: for a lot of people rent, for Muricans healthcare, power, water, trash, Internet. Parents get a few more and personal liability insurance is also a good idea (but also relatively cheap for most people).
The other subscriptions are luxury and easy to just not have.

Just shit in the shower. We all do it, right.

Juste saw a propane bbq requesting for an update in thé store..

Time to get shwifty.

Ima a poop in the sink.

Why on earth is there a gemini watermark on this?

You already have a toilet subscription, it's called your water bill.

2048 and this guy has running water? Fake news!

Have you ever seen the play Urinetown?

This is the plot. Literally.

https://youtu.be/olXUIcb80N0

You want people shitting in the streets? Because that's how you get people shitting in the streets.

The bathroom said, “Fifty cents, please. Before turning on the water.”

Ubik, P K Dick

Wouldn't stop me.

Thanks for giving them an idea

It's ok, just download the app and watch 15 ads for one flush.

I shit in Pirate Bay. Check and mate.

Wait till these children learn that their toilet is subscription model indeed