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    Is the hypothesis that companies have their customers' best interests in mind? /shrug I'm just going to base my worldview on the only data I could find rather than "I remember reading a comment." At least until I run across new data.

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    Planned obsolescence, subscription degradation, ad creep, landfills full of cheap crap... It's in their interests to sell the least useful thing for the highest price. If it costs more to put in pockets, they'll spend a surprising amount of money trying to convince people they don't want pockets. Or better yet, just buy up every competitor until there are only a few players and decide amongst yourselves not to make better stuff. I'm not saying that's what happened, necessarily, it's just not a foregone conclusion that pockets are scarce because demand is scarce.

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