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This theory doesn’t survive contact with car parts. I *always* buy the best stuff (OEM or equivalent because I want it to last for as long as humanly possible) and it has gotten noticeably shittier over the past ten years to the point new stuff is pretty regularly defective
Max Dubler 🏳️🌈Online shopping eliminated these gatekeepers and disintermediated the market, allowing consumers to express their desires more directly. And it turns out that what people really want is cheap disposable goods, not more expensive but higher quality stuff that lasts a long time.