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by vkou 888 days ago
And sometimes we manufacture things badly by design, in order to create planned obsolescence, and more revenue in the long term.
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>in order to create planned obsolescence, a

Planned Obsolescence is an urban myth - there may be some examples, and if there are that's a tiny slice of the market. The reality is what OP said, price and quality are tradeoffs. Manufacturing things that can last 100+ years of wear and tear means those things would be costly, with very limited use cases.