[Spivak]

I think the difference is I was buying pre-cut fruit for $7 every week so I spent two days and now my fruit magically cuts itself forever.

He turned an ongoing expense into a one time expense. And bonus he likely had fun doing the labor.

[ncruces]

It's more like he was renting a knife to cut fruit for some reason and now, and instead of just buying a knife, he built one from scratch.

(1) Let's hope he doesn't cut himself if the knife breaks apart while in use.

(2) Why is it so hard to just buy knives these days? Why does every knife maker suddenly feel entitled to charge rent?

I'm all for DIY instead of hiring others, but the insanity here is the rent vs. buy thing going on in the industry.

[daliusd]

In some cases, that’s true, but sometimes you need to update cutting rules because of law changes, or you saw different way of cutting for example. There are cases where this is not one time investment. What I agree with that cutting-it-yourself became significantly cheaper