• tb_@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    Coats, and devices for that matter, used to be built to last and be repairable. But if your customer consumer never needs to buy another product from you now that wouldn’t make much business sense would it?

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      8 months ago

      It would if you stole everyone else’s business and that’s what businesses used to compete on.

      But consumers want fast fashion. They want cheap clothing and it doesn’t matter if it only last 5 years instead of 30 because they are going to throw it out after 1 anyway.

      Consumers have forced the hand of businesses in this case. People want cheap more than they want anything else.