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Re:What do wealthy people buy, that ordinary people know not... by Workaccount2 on Monday May 19, 2025 @09:48AM (#44029886)
I know that German brands get a lot of cred, but I have never really experienced it much. And thinking about it, it kind of makes sense:

Who in first world developed countries, that is smart, competent, and capable, wants to take a ho-hum salary to develop home appliances? From an economic and financial perspective, it doesn't make sense for Germany to pump out high quality innovative home wares. The brightest German minds aren't working on stove tops, nor should they be.

It makes way more sense for emerging economies to dominate in the space, and unsurprisingly China now seems to be the global hub of mid-tech manufacturing, with lots of innovation in this space.

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Re:What do wealthy people buy, that ordinary people know not... by Loic on Tuesday May 20, 2025 @03:24PM (#44044968)
It makes sense, in Europe, German people are the ones spending the most in kitchen hardware (both appliances and furniture). So naturally, companies have been serving this market. Anecdote, high end Miele appliances have been running Linux for a couple of years.
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