[anamax]

> I'd say it's more akin to buying a book that renders itself illegible after you've read it once.

As somone else pointed out, modern seed hasn't "bred true" since hybrids came out, which happened decades ago.

So, I'll point out that the seed containers have LABELS that say "seeds that you collect won't germinate".

In other words, the whole "this is bad" argument depends on significantly misunderstanding farming and the assumption that farmers can't read or don't understand what they read simple statements about seed viability.

Note that viability is one of the considerations that goes into seed choice, so that assumption requires significant gymnastics.