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> It's insisting that someone engage with you when they would do so if they cared to. No, they wouldn't. Most people are not like us. It always baffled me why
by blfr 3y ago
> It's insisting that someone engage with you when they would do so if they cared to.
No, they wouldn't. Most people are not like us.
It always baffled me why the ecommerce stores would so easily nuke your entire purchase history, when they changed some software. I would routinely look up what I purchased before to purchase it again, or a version of it, even years later. But most people don't. So it's easier to nuke the old system, and then market again. The lost revenue from those who would reengage when they needed to is minuscule and irrelevant.
This mass of non-discriminating consumers is a larger problem of modern capitalism. There is little incentive to make truly excellent products, and the market for them is usually a small niche. Most people don't care, even if they care, they can't tell the difference, and won't put in the effort.
- jondwillis 3y agoDingdingding. I moved in with my girlfriend, and I am wanting for us to be very intentional with the furniture/house purchases we make, buying used where possible. So, I tell her to use Facebook Marketplace (RIP CL for the normies). A day later, she’s excited to go pick up a mirror from someone on there, and without looking at the posting, I go accompany her to pick it up from this stranger. When we get there, it’s someone selling cheap chinese mirrors from out of a shipping container (while dodging taxes and other regulations I am sure!) She loves the mirror and wants it anyway. Super flimsy, overpriced, bad materials, ecologically damaging, publicly damaging (no taxes!) This is not what I had in mind when I wanted her to buy high quality pre-owned furniture, but this kind of cheap scheme is winning out over and over again.