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Hoasi
on Feb 24, 2024
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Quality is a hard sell in big tech
Quality is a hard sell in almost every field in a world that values immediacy over the long term.
madaxe_again
on Feb 24, 2024
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I mean, itβs the Vimes Boot Theory, everywhere. Everyone wants everything cheap, and now, and end up costing themselves more in the long term.
mnau
on Feb 24, 2024
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Vimes Boot theory was that poor people
can't
afford high quality stuff and thus pay more (constant replacement of low quality boots) and get less (wet feet).
whiterknight
on Feb 24, 2024
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And is one of the (few) problem that financing solves.
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