SirCheeseAlot OP t1_iznmxu6 wrote on December 10, 2022 at 1:33 PM

Reply to comment by Vod_Kanockers2 in What makes one product cheap junk that breaks in a week and another that lasts a lifetime? by SirCheeseAlot

Could human perception and values not be changed. I know in my grandparents time, they would buy quality stuff, and you would be thought of as a sucker if you bought something that didnt last for a very very long time.

DontWorryImADr t1_izpxz8m wrote on December 10, 2022 at 11:37 PM

Some of this perspective isn’t true, but the survivor bias of what’s still around.

Was there cheap crap offered and sold back then? Of course! But it broke and went in the garbage. Same as now, what’s left are the things that happened to keep going and/or have such a massive stockpile as to still allow replacement parts to be found.