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Re:Declining quality of consumer-grade products – 2009 fridg... by adamsmith143 on Monday August 15, 2022 @10:14AM (#32469936)
>Yes, there is plenty of planned obsolence out there, and one of the greenest things you can do is buy premium stuff that will last you a lifetime (if you can afford it :/ )

Economically this is almost always the case.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boots_theory

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Re:Declining quality of consumer-grade products – 2009 fridg... by LorenPechtel on Monday August 15, 2022 @02:09PM (#32473211)
If you can identify the good boots. That's the problem--quality is hard to identify these days.
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Re:Declining quality of consumer-grade products – 2009 fridg... by adamsmith143 on Monday August 15, 2022 @05:13PM (#32475456)
Wisdom of the crowd: https://www.reddit.com/r/BuyItForLife/
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