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Why everything you buy is worse now
- balaji1 4y agoSome random notes: Ordering on Amazon without looking at the item. Consumer engineering (planned obsolescence). Cost cutting to satisfy customer. Swap for cheaper materials like synthetic fabric. Plastic+glue instead of metal+screws. Stuff that is intentionally impossible to repair.
- sparkie 4y agoMissing the elephant in the living room: The money keeps losing its value, and manufacturers have no choice to keep reducing quality because consumers would rather buy a slightly worse product at the same price rather than the same product at a higher price. And the reason the money loses its value is because the Federal Reserve exists.