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It may sound strange, but it makes sense. Imagine a phone maker advertising that their phone lasts 6 years without needing replacing. Their market share could g
by schmichael 11y ago
It may sound strange, but it makes sense. Imagine a phone maker advertising that their phone lasts 6 years without needing replacing. Their market share could grow while the overall number of phones sold shrank due to increased longevity.
Just because there's a local (Patagonia) increase in a metric (sales) doesn't mean there isn't a global decrease.
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- colechristensen 11y agoYou have to frame it exactly right. Patagonia could reasonably gain market share (number of people wearing Patagonia) while lowering sales-per-person with the net outcome being higher sales overall. This only makes business sense if consumers _want_ durable goods and 'punish' businesses adequately that make shorter lived products. Consumers have to want it enough and have enough information in order to provide the correct market pressure.
- larrymcp 11y ago> phone maker advertising that their phone lasts 6 years without needing replacing And you know what, phones actually do last 6 years without needing replacing. All they'd have to do is simply point that out. heh
- biggerbob 11y agoGoogle cuts off Android (OS) updates when phones are older than 2.5 years. The minimum OS version supported by apps is continually rising. A 6 year old Android phone is near useless.
- Ma8ee 11y agoI don't replace my phones before they break, and it is a long time since any of them lasted more than 3 years.