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Capitalism really promotes planned durability.
by CryptoPunk 5y ago
Capitalism really promotes planned durability.
- ghaff 5y agoCars are 1.) expensive enough and 2.) required by many people to work in order to get through the day that, while plenty of people also want the latest and greatest, most value reliability and long lifetime a lot. (To the point where these are tracked pretty carefully by organizations like CR.)
- CryptoPunk 5y agoYou can add smartphones to that list: vastly more durable than the first generation, with shatter-proof glass, water-resistance, etc. And you can also add laser eye and cosmetic surgery: have advanced by leaps and bounds in terms of safety and quality, while actually becoming less costly for the consumer.