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I think this is the real issue. A lot of premium priced stuff today is not built to match the quality the price suggests. If you did spend $150 on a fan today,
by pinusc 4y ago
I think this is the real issue. A lot of premium priced stuff today is not built to match the quality the price suggests.
If you did spend $150 on a fan today, it would probably last just as long as a $15 one. Emphasis on probably, there are good quality items... just not a lot.
TVs are a great example: a $900 Sony smart TV I got 5ish years ago lasted barely longer than its 3 year warranty (before a hardware-related bootloop). A crappier cheaper TV would have lasted the same.
Seems to be the trend when introducing smarter software features. Near every appliance I had to replace in the last decade died because of "the motherboard" (according to several technicians), which was coincidentally about 50% the price of the appliance. I guess manufacturers like to cheap out on embedded hardware components?
- kube-system 4y agoYeah, it is hard for a consumer to judge long-term longevity, and even harder for a company to demonstrate it. > Near every appliance I had to replace in the last decade died because of "the motherboard" Part of this is because appliance repair techs are not skilled in component level repair. They are trained to understand module-level repair, and that's it. It is possible to do more precise repairs, but mass manufacturing makes new modules cheaper than skilled (western) labor.