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>Everything is bad these days, not just the sofas.

When these conversations happens, I always wonder why people want some of these items to last forever.

Are you going to stick with that 10 year old plasma TV? Great. I want new tech, and this stuff moves fast. Furniture is a bit different, but my parents had all kinds of good, long-lasting stuff that no one wants because it's out of style.




Would you prefer a Sofa As A Service?

Our cheap ikea couch keeps lasting, preventing us from buying a nice, new one. We can't throw it out of it's not broken.

It is long known that companies who sell good quality products go out of business after a couple decades at most, they saturate their market and because no one needs to renew, the company dies.

Ironically ikea HAS to sell quality (for price) because they are such a big brand. Their stuff is great quality for price, so people keep coming back for upgrades, when they can afford it.


Life's about "experiences" not owning property!


There’s a psychological safety in knowing that something is yours and it can’t be taken away; that you’re not beholden to someone else for it.

I think the proliferation of subscriptions in modern life has contributed to quite a bit of anxiety.


So one should not own a sofa? Sitting on a sofa is a near-daily experience I'd like to be able to keep having, which is why I buy quality.


> Life's about "experiences" not owning property!

Life is about being happy.


I've had my 65" LED Samsung smart TV for almost 10 years now... it cost about $800 back then. I thought about replacing it recently, but decided against it because it's working great and I don't feel like I'd be gaining much to buy a newer TV. Technology hasn't really advanced that much since 2014...


If picture quality matters to you (no judgement, at all, if it doesn’t) then OLED is a non-trivial step up in image quality.

I get it though: for 90% of the stuff I watch, I couldn’t care less about the quality. Much if it is on a small screen or in 1080p.

… but movie night with my wife/kids? Those are the nights I am grateful that the picture quality in my living room is untouchable by a theater. Those are the moments I, personally, live for.


Does it have 4K and HDR? Those are game changers, especially on such a big screen.


Are they really game changers though? Baraka (1992) in 1080p non-HDR looks stunning.


I remember being quite blown away by my first Blu-ray discs (Planet Earth series) on a PS3 connected to a 1080p plasma, well ahead of ubiquitous 4K and HDR. It was the first time source quality really made a difference to me, coming from DVDs and rips.


HDR truly is. It's as big a leap as the jump from 480 to 1080 IMO.


> I always wonder why people want some of these items to last forever.

My friend had a NEW Ford that went to the workshop more than 10 times in the first year of use. It's about trust that I will turn on the device and it will work.

> I want new tech

Buy it. I met people who sold their old iPhone and bought a new model every year, nothing against that. My problem is if the IPhone in this first year broke two or more times like my Sansumg.


> My friend had a NEW Ford that went to the workshop more than 10 times in the first year of use.

I daily drive a 96 Toyota. My son's dd is a 63 Dart. Just picked up a 92 Buick with 35k.


The old cars are nice but when they crash… I wouldn’t let my kids drive them. They don’t do so good.


> The old cars are nice but when they crash… I wouldn’t let my kids drive them.

I don't know about nice but the bench seats eliminate the back pain from buckets - especially modern ones. Lack of pain increases spatial awareness.

As for accidents they avoid the inherent risks that come with unremovable, attention-eating LCD display and headlights that blind all other drivers.


It's spelled snasmug

Edit: no, you are right! Seems I misremembered dank pods, sorry.


> Are you going to stick with that 10 year old plasma TV?

Absolutely. It cost me the price of a power supply repair. The display is beautiful and the interface is crapware free.

> I want new tech, and this stuff moves fast.

True! Advertising tech is ever evolving.


My home theater TV is a Hitachi plasma from 2007. It works exactly as it worked the day I bought it. You know what broke? The bog standard MacMini that acted as my HTPC suddenly lost the ability to output 1080i after a software “upgrade” so now I’m stuck with 720p.[1] so even if one of your tech doesn’t fail, something else in your tech circus can fail, ruining the experience anyway.

1: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39687566


> so even if one of your tech doesn’t fail, something else in your tech circus can fail, ruining the experience anyway.

I keep a 15yo gateway laptop hooked up to mine. The battery failed but otherwise it performs better than new (ssd,ram).


The irony here especially with furniture is that if you’re rich enough to buy real quality design pieces you’ll sell them for more than you bought them for when you’re ready to move on




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