Originally Posted By: stro_cruiser
Profits over quality. Profits over people. Its a race to the bottom.
Exactly, the public clueless and does not care, as long as a device lasts long enough, as long as the sound quality is good enough, as long as the video is good enough, as long as the car lasts until the RENTAL lease is over, is, yes, good enough.
Companies can produce "good enough" products that look like, sound like, ride like, top of the line products to consumers at premium prices (and profits) simply because the public will buy them, as long as they are "good enough" and can feel like a "big shot" having the product. They are less concerned how long they will last, simply because they will be replaced before that time comes.
Look at automobiles, [censored], its hard to even find an advertised price anymore, its always Leased (translated RENTAL) prices.
As long as they can show off to their neighbors, its doesnt matter if the car falls apart in a few years because the "rental agreement" (lease) will be over and they will have a new one.
People are WILLINGLY allowing themselves to be enslaved by the corporations who have how the human brain works down to a science and what makes people allow those companies to take money out of their paychecks every week.
They end up with lifetime of payments, automatically taken from their paychecks every week.
Electronically enslaved to products at the expense of their families and income. AS long as the products bring complete joy to their brains, the product will fail at a predetermined time so it can be replaced by another joyful item.
Bottom line, the race to the bottom is the human race of many people, who just do not think for themselves, immature to turn down the so called latest, greatest product. Heck, look at the Iphone, a device that brings Apple INCREDIBLE profits, the public does not care, as long as they do not have to lay the money out upfront for a $600 phone and it can be taken out of their paychecks, they will get one, instead of a similar product for less then $100 total cost that will bring them the same joy.