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The market is incapable of deciding such things. No one has perfect informations and everyone has a finite amount of attention span. People couldn't even be b
by Arainach 6y ago
The market is incapable of deciding such things. No one has perfect informations and everyone has a finite amount of attention span. People couldn't even be bothered to think of the long-term cost savings of different light bulbs.
- hervature 6y agoMy dad was? Sometimes people would rather pay for not having to think about it. There's a whole industry of tax filing when filing taxes is "easy" for the majority of people.
- supernova87a 6y agoFirst, I don't agree with your statement that the market / consumers are unable to decide. Second, you should have a real think about where you want regulation to have ability to dictate what people can do. Energy efficiency is an area where people both 1) don't have clear info from manufacturers, and 2) it leaves a mess for others to clean up. Owning something that is designed in a way that causes it to have a lower resale price later is not such an area.
- Symbiote 6y ago> Energy efficiency is an area where people both 1) don't have clear info from manufacturers, and 2) it leaves a mess for others to clean up. Isn't that very similar to repairability? Certainly the second point, and I've never seen a display in a shop give information on how phone batteries might be replaced.
- kortilla 6y agoThe market has decided. You just don’t like the decision. The market has the same downsides as direct democracy (tyranny of the majority) but the votes aren’t 1:1 with people.
- TeMPOraL 6y agoOnly a competitive market with low barriers to entry. That does not apply to electronics (not outside Shenzhen street markets anyway). With high-end hardware, the vendors dictate the trends (based on guessing what they can market the easiest), and customers have little to no voice.