> We have to adjust to washing machines and our washing habits. And then we have to adjust washing habits to ongoing loss of quality^W^W^W progress of clothes.

> We have to adjust to washing machines and our washing habits. And then we have to adjust washing habits to ongoing loss of quality^W^W^W progress of clothes. This hit me once I started to see ads for laundry detergents supposedly able to clean clothes in cold water, like 20℃ or less - what's happening is, the fabrics and colors got so bad they start to degrade quickly even in 30℃ or 45℃ programs. The market, instead of giving us more durable clothes, decided to give us more high-tech detergent. Oh, and this is sold under the guise of being eco-friendly - cold water = less energy. Even if that's a valid gain, I think it's not what's driving the existence of those detergents. Rather, they're the "fix" to the problem of low-quality clothes, and its existence only lets the quality get even worse (and further enabling the "fast fashion" phenomenon).