[red-iron-pine]

Planned obsolescence and "they don't make em like they used to" has been a thing long, long before anyone posting on HN was born.

Requiring data to prove that concepts are a thing is disingenuous -- what products? what timeframe? what metrics? what profit margins vs. outcomes?

I don't need a 2 million strong Postgres DB to tell me that Ikea furniture is more prone to breaking than the heavy Amish furniture they sell a county over.

[wilg]

It’s obviously not disingenuous to try to figure out if something is true. Otherwise, you can just believe whatever makes you feel good about yourself or angry at the right other people.