• BookOfTheBread [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      Companies know that most people will buy their shit over the competitors if it's cheaper so they will work out how long something needs to last to be considered an acceptable performance and weigh that against the savings and so increased profit they can get by making it out of cheaper materials.

      Though to be fair the constant added complexity that new machines need to have to justify buying new also gives them more stuff that can break.