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Building products that last as long as possible is a sure fire way to destroy your market. You can't both build things that can be infinitely fixable and sell
by thrown_22 4y ago
Building products that last as long as possible is a sure fire way to destroy your market.
You can't both build things that can be infinitely fixable and sell a steady stream of them.
- swagasaurus-rex 4y agoThis is only true if you hold a monopoly on the market. Durability is a competitive advantage that businesses and individuals will often clamor for. It’s not easy to replicate
- thrown_22 4y agoAnd yet no one is building durable products.
- swagasaurus-rex 4y agoThere’s plenty of manufacturing devoted to quality, but often are outcompeted by outsourced manufacturing using questionable labor and lacking environmental safeguards. Hence why I advocate for taxing plastics
- thrown_22 4y ago>There’s plenty of manufacturing devoted to quality Name one.
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- evancox100 4y agoCars
- t-writescode 4y agoCarhart pants. Higher end TVs (so, Sony, LG, Samsung) iPhones last something like 7-8 years in an industry where things last 3, max *several* power tool and manual tool brands Basically any company that works with real leather. Victorinox Kitchen Aide Word travels for basically all high quality products. They also cost like they’re high quality.
- landemva 4y ago> Kitchen Aid Am pleased with the dishwasher and range from them. But the microwave electronics went out, so now I go with a cheap microwave.
- oliveshell 4y agoI believe they’re referring to the KitchenAid stand mixer, a piece of equipment that’s known for being stoutly built. [1] (I know several people who’ve had theirs for decades.) Sadly, anything other appliance branded KitchenAid is basically hit-or-miss. They license their name to other manufacturers for certain products, so you can’t count on the name on its own to guarantee quality. [1] https://youtube.com/watch?v=0qKp-0h9P18 https://youtube.com/watch?v=0qKp-0h9P18
- zip1234 4y agoCars are more durable than ever, electronics often become obsolete before their life ends, and many building material would last a lifetime but become out of fashion so are thrown away.
- TomSwirly 4y agoGood news, then. We can avoid destroying our ecosystem and destroy companies that make shoddy goods that go quickly into the bin in one stroke!