I hate babying hand crafted items for this reason. Or flagship phones. Conscientiously downgraded to burner mid-tiers that I toss around without worry. I go out

I hate babying hand crafted items for this reason. Or flagship phones. Conscientiously downgraded to burner mid-tiers that I toss around without worry. I go out of my way to make a knick somewhere ASAP to pop the bubble of new item preciousness. Buying second hand is great too. With exception of classic monobloc chairs, I really appreciate industrial, mass produced, value engineered products that brought affordability to the masses. Including relatively high-margin Apple products. Most cheap products are still developed by competent designers with adequate production oversign. But ecommerce and cheap global shipping started flooding markets with subpar products or knock offs designed for developing markets (i.e. Chinesium). So one has to be more vigilent with with purchases these days. That said design and quality for indigenous PRC brands has largely caught up with modernization, I wouldn't hesisitate to fill my life with Xiaomi/Mijia products for 1/2 the cost if they were more accessible. No more tier level distinction of same MD player between Japanese / Korean / Taiwan / PRC factories.