| I'm in support of things like this, but I also feel like maximizing durability is too simplistic. When I'm looking to purchase something, the concerns are usually something like. 1. Minimizing the shared cost of throwing the thing away. 2. Maximizing durability. 3. Maximizing the actual efficacy of the thing. 4. Maximizing worker benefit - economical and political. 5. Minimizing animal suffering. Not everyone is going to have the same mix of goals or order of goals and many have just one overriding goal: Minimizing up-front consumer cost. So, for example, a "smart-fiber" shirt might be far more durable than a 100% cotton shirt, the throw-away cost is much higher so I'll pass. I'm not saying your site should account for this, but things are complicated, especially among conscious consumers which is an increasingly niche market anyway due to both preference and circumstance. Edit: Oh I should also add somewhere in there #. Maximizing ease of repair/cleaning. eg. MacBook vs. Pinebook or Carpet vs. Hardwood etc. |