[flushit]

And that's why buying cheap is often really not the best choice.

If I have the option to choose between two gadgets, the acquiring prince of one may be far less (assuming lower quality and everything else equal) and even usage is kinda the same, modulo a bit of frustration if the lower-quality thing is not as smooth to use, but if it breaks, then cheap stuff tends to be harder if not impossible to repair, and if you can't fix it then you need to dispose of it and possibly get a replacement.

Too much hassle. If I have the money, I optimize for quality above everything else.

(Sadly, since manufacturers know this, the premium quality version usually costs disproportionally more cause market -- I'm ok with paying more. Not just a bit more, but much more.)

[dsego]

Often times the problem is figuring out the price-quality ratio from the signals, eg. brand, design, materials, advertising, price. Sometimes, it's deceptive, and an expensive gadget that feels premium isn't necessarily the one that will best serve its purpose or that is most durable.

[SpacePortKnight]

Cheap does not always mean lower quality. It's more expensive to repair an iPhone 14 pro than to buy a mid-range android for example.