Dollars and sense? | Illustration by Hugo Herrera / The Verge Great news for those of you already experiencing subscription fatigue: you can subscribe to buy now‚ pay later (BNPL) service Klarna for $7.99 a month. At first glance‚ this seemed pretty fucking weird to me. I mean‚ the entire point of Klarna is that you can essentially do layaway without paying any kind of interest; Klarna has partnered with a wide array of retailers — from Dolce &; Gabbana to 1-800-Flowers.com to Macy’s — to create this service. So what’s the consumer value in the subscription? The subtext of the announcement is‚ “Hey look‚ another revenue stream!” Well‚ let’s say you shop at‚ I dunno‚ Target or Kroger or Safeway. These retailers aren’t affiliated with Klarna‚ so if you try to use the service there‚ you have to pay a... Continue reading…