I don't think searching for higher quality longer-lasting products in a sea of disposable short-term-focused products is something we should be so eager to comp

I don't think searching for higher quality longer-lasting products in a sea of disposable short-term-focused products is something we should be so eager to complain about. In other words, this is bad take. The author comes so close to this realization near the end of the piece when he says: > But isn’t that terrible for the environment? And never follows up on that statement. We spend decades of consumerism buying whatever was available with little forethought because either we didn't have a choice, or we didn't really care because it was cheap and got the immediate job done. This resulted in single-use products littering the shelves of most retail outlets because of our focus on instant-gratification. Wirecutter may make people overthink their purchase experience but at the very least educates people on the pros and cons of different products which is something the market has woefully failed at doing.