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by specialist 1510 days ago
Yes and:

> mass-produced MBA-optimized to death

Plus counterfeits, knockoffs, gray-market, etc. eg Fake Italian olive oil.

I don't know what to call this category, or their purveyors. Inauthentic? Market parasites? The eBay / Amazon (unregulated markets) problem?

1 comments

"The 80/20 version."

There are times when I'm willing to pay 5x to get something 20% better. Not all the time, though. Moralizing the choice feels like a sales gimmick.