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Of course, such a durable product can never succeed under hypercapitalist environments. Phrases like planned obsolescence and market cannibalisation come to mi
by 4gotunameagain 2y ago
Of course, such a durable product can never succeed under hypercapitalist environments.
Phrases like planned obsolescence and market cannibalisation come to mind.
Remember back when even a mid range HiFi amplifier came with quality service manuals, and lasted for a lifetime ?
Sure, it was more expensive relatively. But you only had to buy it once.
With the current climate uncertainty, we need to find a way to incentivise quality, reliability and repairability.
There is so much ephemeral junk being produced.
- Funes- 2y ago[flagged]
- knowaveragejoe 2y agoThe thing is, it isn't a sensible comment, it's hyperbolic nonsense. Even the notion that "hifi sets aren't like they used to be" is so transparently false
- throwaway48540 2y ago[flagged]
- throwaway48540 2y ago[flagged]
- 6510 2y agoyes, how often did necessities go missing? All I know is a story about many people not getting shoes because the paperwork was misplaced and a story about producing nails of the most productively looking kind that no one needed.
- throwaway48540 2y ago[flagged]