Bingo! Everyone thinks they’re so smart coming to these threads to shout about survivorship bias, but much of modern quality, and lack thereof, comes from cutting 1,000 tiny corners over time.
People now days gravitate towards the cheaper option. How is a company to stay in business when their competitors are making shit products, yet outselling them because consumers want cheap?
When there were only a couple of options for a refrigerator, everyone knew how those very few options ranked in quality. Appliances were far more expensive when I was a kid. In 1975, a fridge was $1,800 to $3,700 (adjusted for inflation). You asked friends, neighbors, coworkers, other parishioners, what they thought, because that shit better last! Generally speaking, more expensive was better. Now I have no clue what manufacturers are still quality, lost their way or are new and great quality. Lowes.com has over 700 models listed.
You asked friends, neighbors, coworkers, other parishioners, what they thought, because that shit better last!
You can still do this, I use the Internet tho. There are still brands here and there for each appliance that put the work in on some models, but you have to find them and you’ll pay more. But that $1000 washing machine will easily outlast three $400 machines.
I mean, in a lot of appliances this might be true…but when it comes to refrigerators it’s mostly because the refrigerant we use is a lot less effective, but a lot better for the environment. The demand put on modern day compressors plus the need to meet certain energy consult requirements just makes for a more fickle machine.
Bingo! Everyone thinks they’re so smart coming to these threads to shout about survivorship bias, but much of modern quality, and lack thereof, comes from cutting 1,000 tiny corners over time.
People now days gravitate towards the cheaper option. How is a company to stay in business when their competitors are making shit products, yet outselling them because consumers want cheap?
When there were only a couple of options for a refrigerator, everyone knew how those very few options ranked in quality. Appliances were far more expensive when I was a kid. In 1975, a fridge was $1,800 to $3,700 (adjusted for inflation). You asked friends, neighbors, coworkers, other parishioners, what they thought, because that shit better last! Generally speaking, more expensive was better. Now I have no clue what manufacturers are still quality, lost their way or are new and great quality. Lowes.com has over 700 models listed.
You can still do this, I use the Internet tho. There are still brands here and there for each appliance that put the work in on some models, but you have to find them and you’ll pay more. But that $1000 washing machine will easily outlast three $400 machines.
I mean, in a lot of appliances this might be true…but when it comes to refrigerators it’s mostly because the refrigerant we use is a lot less effective, but a lot better for the environment. The demand put on modern day compressors plus the need to meet certain energy consult requirements just makes for a more fickle machine.