Why everything you buy is worse now [video]

Post by Doxin » Mon, Sep 18, 2023, 9:44 AM UTC

Spivak wrote: post #42

thelastgallon wrote: post #27

Another reason why things are worse and they will keep getting worse. About a toaster company: "If you are passionate about toast, you will not work at a company that does not build toasters, that only does marketing. So my central thesis here is that if as an organization, you outsource too much with the idea that we will still retain the designers and our own power to innovate, it will not actually work. The smart…

And honestly this doesn't even have to be an allegory to something else, this is literally true about the toaster market right now. There are so few companies that actually design and manufacture toasters themselves. I ended up buying vintage because it turns out technological advancement has been directed to finding and building an ever more minimal viable toaster to keep prices sorrrrta constant under inflation. So…

Post by RetroTechie » Mon, Sep 18, 2023, 1:42 PM UTC

Spivak wrote: post #42

thelastgallon wrote: post #27

Another reason why things are worse and they will keep getting worse. About a toaster company: "If you are passionate about toast, you will not work at a company that does not build toasters, that only does marketing. So my central thesis here is that if as an organization, you outsource too much with the idea that we will still retain the designers and our own power to innovate, it will not actually work. The smart…

And honestly this doesn't even have to be an allegory to something else, this is literally true about the toaster market right now. There are so few companies that actually design and manufacture toasters themselves. I ended up buying vintage because it turns out technological advancement has been directed to finding and building an ever more minimal viable toaster to keep prices sorrrrta constant under inflation. So…