Your toaster dies the second you unbox it. Pants rip on day one. The quality of everything is trash now. This is what bigheaded people call enshittification. Companies deliberately design products to break right after the warranty. This is due to the so-called “Hunt for Infinite growth.” Steady profits ain’t enough. They need MORE, so they skimp, shrink packages, and shove everything behind subscriptions. Infinite growth is a plague, and it hurts your personal finance.
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Does the book hold up or does a new book talk about it better? I’ve been trying to slowly convince some of my wife’s friends that no, you don’t really need to buy 100 trinkets everywhere you go just because they’re there. I think I’ve at least gotten through to their nephew that a few cool things and time with friends is enough.