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25 sats \ 5 replies \ @000w2 20h \ parent \ on: I hate that everything is disposable. econ

but why would they purchase a new unit from the same company that sold them the previous shitty one?

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5 sats \ 3 replies \ @unboiled 19h
  1. Marketing, and
  2. regulatory moat.
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5 sats \ 2 replies \ @mkmloom 19h

However, the customer makes the final decision on which product to choose and must do their research to select the best and most durable one.

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88 sats \ 1 reply \ @unboiled 19h

My answer was to a specific question: Why choose a shit company to buy a shitty product from?

Even so, your point is only partially valid.

the customer [..] must do their research to select the best and most durable one.

There is nothing forcing the customer to do research. And even less so to optimize for durability.

Furthermore, the customer has effectively no control over regulatory restrictions of the market. Their selection is already artificially distorted regardless of what optimization they may aim for.

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5 sats \ 0 replies \ @mkmloom 11h

Maybe the customer is stupid or wants to be scammed, I can't think of anything else.

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5 sats \ 0 replies \ @mkmloom 19h

No idea; it doesn't seem logical, but to each their own.

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