Well iPhones are one of the only things that noticeably haven't been decreasing in quality. It appears more often with appliances and other things (I suppose even housing now). It's also one of those things that would probably decrease if there was another Soviet Union. There's no "threat of a good example" for people to see. There's no "competing product" (lol) in terms of socioeconomic systems that would force actual improvements.
iPhones are a special case I think by nature of how they're a Veblen good and people will continue to buy new ones they don't really need even though Apple supports old ones (everything except the battery) such that they have a lifespan of close to a decade at this point.
Yeah I'm still using my iPhone 5s. Though phone calling is going to stop working in a couple months because carriers will require VoLTE or something like that lol.
Well iPhones are one of the only things that noticeably haven't been decreasing in quality. It appears more often with appliances and other things (I suppose even housing now). It's also one of those things that would probably decrease if there was another Soviet Union. There's no "threat of a good example" for people to see. There's no "competing product" (lol) in terms of socioeconomic systems that would force actual improvements.
iPhones are a special case I think by nature of how they're a Veblen good and people will continue to buy new ones they don't really need even though Apple supports old ones (everything except the battery) such that they have a lifespan of close to a decade at this point.
Yeah I'm still using my iPhone 5s. Though phone calling is going to stop working in a couple months because carriers will require VoLTE or something like that lol.