There’s one problem that plagues every foldable smartphone, and the Pixel 9 Pro Fold perfectly encapsulates what that problem is.
There’s one problem that plagues every foldable smartphone, and the Pixel 9 Pro Fold perfectly encapsulates what that problem is.
This is everything these days. Products are being shipped before they’re complete just to be able to be the first to market (AI offerings most especially). It’s dogshit and it’s saddling consumers with things that are broken out of the box, because there’s no fixing a limitation of the design.
Just check out these generic automated cat litter boxes that are killing cats. Apologies for reddit link. Capitalism is just shitting out whatever as fast as it can.
https://old.reddit.com/r/Damnthatsinteresting/comments/1fbwusc/this_generic_automatic_litter_box_sold_under/
…feeling very justified in my decision to pay $700 for the name brand automated litter machine
Sometimes, paying more really does result in a higher quality product. It’s a shame that it’s not as often as it used to be.
Established products tend to be safer, for sure.
You’re right, that works sometimes, until manufacturers get wise and just charge the quality price for a piece of shit. For one-off, niche market things the majority of consumers has no way of knowing which one is a quality product that will do it’s job for a long time and will fail gracefully, and which one is a dangerous time bomb. By the time you find out the money has already paid for some executive’s third gold bath tub.
That is why I said “tend to be.” In a lot of cases, that’s simply not true, especially for some legacy companies like General Electric who have gone through decades of stock buybacks.
Guessing it’s the Litter Robot? We’ve got one as well. Our youngest cat constantly tries to play in it while it’s doing a cycle
Yeah, they’re just slinging shit at the wall and seeing what sticks. There’s no real thought put into anything these days. I’m very tired of the ‘Form over Functionality’ bs that’s being hidden behind fancy marketing.