One positive that they had was no incentives for planned obsolescence. Planned obsolescence 'feature' is a terrible tragedy of commons in capitalism that turns

One positive that they had was no incentives for planned obsolescence. Planned obsolescence 'feature' is a terrible tragedy of commons in capitalism that turns the world into waste machine. Also one thing to remember is the sense of style was bit off at that time anyway. Just look what people were wearing up to 90's. Combined with spirit of utilitarianism and brutalism you get, 'ugly' products.