this post was submitted on 23 Jan 2024
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(Edit: sorry, I get frustrated by trends)
It doesn't make sense to try to sell a quality product when the demand is based on a fad.
Trendy = bad for the consumer as a principle but it's not as if we have time to constantly second guess everything (without going crazy).
Birkenstock, DocMartens, Red Wing, Church's Kitchenaid, every "luxury" brand you can think of and most products listed on BIFL threads... (Also crocs but I feel they sell at such a low price point to begin with that it doesn't warrant cheaping out. Fake crocs are cheaper and just as durable though.)
All these brands get ultra-popular because one product goes viral which they start producing cheaply and use to grow their business and later, if succesful bring out a "heritage", "pro" or "classic" line for a higher price than the model was going for originally.
I don't think just accepting late stage capitalism dynamics is the best option.
If you're making pies and suddenly everyone wants a pie, you make as many as you can, for as long as it lasts. Maybe hire help. You don't start adding sawdust to the pie to stretch the recipe. These companies go straight to the sawdust option and it's disturbing.
And yet, it's a good quality product.