It definitely doesn't save money. They just don't care because they are hoping that the consumer will keep buying crap.
It's like why people keep buying shit from Walmart instead of genuine products from reputable producers, even when they know it will break in a year. Then they fix it and complain that no one makes anything like they used to.
Well yeah, not at the price point you're asking considering inflation.
You want to know why people don't make things like they used to? Because if you made things like they used to, that sewing machine would have been 25% of your paycheck. That's why the one I have from 1903 still works.
Instead, the money got devalued, the wages didn't increase, the corporations got bigger, so everyone cut down on quality.
It definitely doesn't save money. They just don't care because they are hoping that the consumer will keep buying crap.
It's like why people keep buying shit from Walmart instead of genuine products from reputable producers, even when they know it will break in a year. Then they fix it and complain that no one makes anything like they used to.
Well yeah, not at the price point you're asking considering inflation.
You want to know why people don't make things like they used to? Because if you made things like they used to, that sewing machine would have been 25% of your paycheck. That's why the one I have from 1903 still works.
Instead, the money got devalued, the wages didn't increase, the corporations got bigger, so everyone cut down on quality.