[Nutmog]

I used to agree with you about the reusability of things. It's sad to throw away a powerful computer/camera/phone/etc just because the latest app doesn't work and it's too difficult to repurpose the old components.

Nowdays, I consciously rationalize and think that tiny camera only cost a few cents to make. It's not actually a valuable item worth preserving. Sure it would have been an amazing treasure a few decades ago, but now it's common and worthless. Perhaps quite similar to parts of a human body - very powerful when they're working together but utterly useless when they're removed or broken. Even long lasting parts like bones have very specialized shapes and internal structure that make them hard to re-purpose.

I still don't understand what you mean by quality. What makes this guy's photos mediocre? The one on the Donald Trump website looks exactly like I'd expect a photo of a politician to look. How can it tell a story? Does he need a sequence of photos showing something changing with time? It's just a person, not an event. The guy's just a stock photo photographer taking pictures for people who don't need context around them, not a journalist telling a story about a specific event.