> It's the reason why your grandfather's washing machine probably works 'till this day, while you have to fix your new one every year, and will probably replace

> It's the reason why your grandfather's washing machine probably works 'till this day, while you have to fix your new one every year, and will probably replace it in five years. Adjusting the cost of each product with inflation, things really are built like they used to be. Your grandfathers washing machine both cost far more than a current model* (again, adjusted for inflation), and all of the poorly built old washing machines broke and no on sees/thinks about them anymore. * I am having trouble finding a source on washing machines specifically, however I'm assuming they followed the same trends as most commodities tracked by BLS: https://data.bls.gov/cgi-bin/surveymost?ap https://data.bls.gov/cgi-bin/surveymost?ap As questionable as citing Reddit is, this post rather well encompasses what I am trying to get at: https://www.reddit.com/r/Showerthoughts/comments/4kn8ku/the_only_reason_why_we_think_things_were_built_to/d3gtfbt/?st=jbicihs9&sh=2826402c https://www.reddit.com/r/Showerthoughts/comments/4kn8ku/the_...