cross-posted from: https://reddthat.com/post/49472387
I really can’t think about any reason that this products category even exists.
I imagine people who buy hand-made products as office workers who choose to ride a human instead of ordering taxi to work, just because why not.
It’s like, For people who buy handmade products:
- A Product that is made of good material and made by machine in a factory and sold at reasonable price: 😡😡😡
- A product that is 10x the price of normal product and is made by a human using less advanced machines: 😍😍😍
Hard disagree for most products. Why do I need perfection in a scarf? I wouldn’t buy handmade syringes, but I’d prefer to have any given persons handmade cookies over any kind of grocery store cookies, because they’re better.
Plus, there’s ostensibly more control over whether you’re supporting slavery if you get handmade. I wish I could afford to only buy handmade clothing, but it is too expensive, so I tend to supplement with second hand stuff.