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by jrrrr 1998 days ago
I love this idea.

Some ideas to take it further (maybe on the blog):

- Products for which there is no good bifl version, and advice on what to aim for instead. (E.g. the ecologically least-bad disposable one?)

- Other purchases with longer time horizons and tradeoffs. (E.g. roofing material, cars)

Also, do you have a plan to wrestle with the complexity of a product's revision over time? For example I heard Vasque boots got way worse when production went overseas. Pyrex glass types, etc. One thing I'd hope to glean from your site is how to identify the good version of a thing, and to know whether I can still find a new one or need to look for a used one.

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Love your ideas! - We will certainly add educational blog posts about what to look for when researching a durable/sustainable product. - Once it the platform gets bigger, we will add other categories of products (E.g. roofing material, cars). - Products revisions are certainly a challenge. We are working on a feature for tracking brand deterioration where we try to tackle this issue.
>> how to identify the good version of a thing, and to know whether I can still find a new one or need to look for a used one

That sounds awfully close to something I would consider had the potential to eventually evolve into an absolute killer feature.