20 Examples of Products That Got Worse Over Time Desptie Getting More Expensive
Capitalism means things get more expensive, and inflation happens, but for some reason, some things have dropped in quality.
Published 1 year ago in Wtf
In theory, capitalism is meant to breed innovation, however, that isn't always the case in its application. While companies are incentivized to create quality products, often when a brand corners a market the need to innovate becomes secondary to maximizing profits.
Take Apple for example, the world's largest technology company has been criticized for its lack of innovation in recent years, instead focusing on growing its profits through its wearable product lines.
At r/AskReddit they discussed products that got more expensive with inflation, but ultimately suffered in quality, making them less desirable.
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Vegetables. They used to be relatively inexpensive but would last 3 days or more. Now if you buy them, they look like ****, and have to be cooked/consumed almost immediately as they wilt or rot quickly. The larger chains are taking a page out of some minority owned groceries that buy less expensive last leg veggies, with the understanding that they will be sold cheaply and eaten quickly. The difference? Larger chains aren't passing those lower costs on, and are increasing prices as well. u/sloowshooter13
Disney Parks so ******* much. Genie+’s implementation has been awful, and I’m not even in the camp of being upset that fast pass has to be purchased now, that’s how literally every other theme park is, but the system itself is stupid. Any other park, you pay for the fast pass, you enter through that quick line, maybe only once per ride, that’s it, no bull****. Plus they cap the sales. u/pastadaddy_official16
Streaming in general. Netflix the most because they were first. But it used to be you had one maybe two services and could watch almost anything anytime. Now there's like 50 services and nearly everything they have is exclusive and when you want to watch a certain movie or show you have to first Google to find out what service it's on and see if you even have access. u/Kylynara