Also, consumer have consistently refused to buy longer-lasting products at a higher price, so it's disingenuous to make it seem like anyone is being sneaky here.
When someone invents a longer-lasting product at the same or lower price, the consumers will buy their product. And not a moment sooner.
in the case of UHT milk it lasts longer but the processing destroys the value of the food entirely
Yes, but I was thinking more about cars and computers and clothes.
A lot of things have simply become lifestyle items and most people don't want to wear the same shoes for 15 years. They wouldn't pay three times the price to get the shoes to last 3 times as long. Same thing with cell-phones. They like getting a new phone every 2 years. They get upset, if you suggest they keep using the old one, since it's paid off.
Could this change? Probably not, in the near-term, as everyone is poorer now, so they can't afford the longer-lasting version, even if they wanted it.
yeah, unfortunately i precisely want the boots that last 15 years but probably never gonna happen until i either become a leatherworker or i live near one who is happy to make them for me and keep them nice
also the same for the tailor, that would be nice
we live in a situation where the main costs of providing such custom clothing services are cheap due to automation on small scales but still waiting for the penny to drop to people that we don't need to live in an industrial society anymore, with its standardisation and one size fits all mentality
I think redwings apparently last this long or longer. With resoling obviously.
*assuming they are still made how they used to be made. Which is very often not the case, sadly
Red wing? Didn't know them. Thanks. I like very much MEINDL. CRISPI also...
I have my computer since 2013. Use linux 😜
That depends on the customer, the case etc.
But yes, not everyone is sneaky. Good that you mentioned that 👍
