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Today's product improvements happen faster today and many of the improvements are driven by software not just hardware. I get a new iPhone every two years becau
by rdlecler1 8y ago
Today's product improvements happen faster today and many of the improvements are driven by software not just hardware. I get a new iPhone every two years because it is significantly better than the last generation: faster, longer battery life, bigger more vivid screen. Also newer cars are increasingly safer than older cars. And if I want the latest car why should I pay more for quality today when it's only going to be beneficial for the next owners?
- jstarfish 8y ago> And if I want the latest car why should I pay more for quality today when it's only going to be beneficial for the next owners? Because you're already eating the bulk of the depreciation on it anyway? You pay for quality today because you intend to still be using and maintaining it in 20 years. Buying new makes no sense at all when "next owners" are even a factor in the equation. You might as well just lease.
- shoo 8y agothe main objection I can think of is environmental. if the costs of building & shipping & disposing of the product are properly internalised into the cost of the product, then I think your attitude is fine. But I bet the costs won't be properly internalised, at least in the case of consumer electronics, someone else will pay the costs to dispose of the thing (i.e. it won't be disposed of correctly in a way that minimises harm, as doing that would cost more than not), and pay the cost in terms of externalities like pollution involved in the contruction
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