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another important dynamic. the product review ecosystem is obviously corrupt as shit, so consumers assume everything sucks AND there is less incentive to invest in quality work because nobody will believe you bsky.app/profile/russ...
RussExtension of d) and e): in most cases, consumers do not choose quality directly, they choose using a heuristic (media reviews, but also brand, relative price, country of origin, peer ratings). All of these heuristics have been *actively* degraded/obscured.