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minus-squarewise_pancake@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 days agoAs a Canadian the rampant enshittification of American products is one of the reasons I avoid them now (pre tariffs). America has many high quality brands, but so often once they beat out competitors they dump the quality and ramp up the prices. I’ve lost a lot of trust in American goods, and it’s not the workers faults.
minus-squareP1k1e@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 days agoOh man I remember in the 90s my dad said the same thing about Chinese products. Then I became an adult and noticed the only American products that actually existed were the plastic covers they put around Chinese metal
As a Canadian the rampant enshittification of American products is one of the reasons I avoid them now (pre tariffs).
America has many high quality brands, but so often once they beat out competitors they dump the quality and ramp up the prices.
I’ve lost a lot of trust in American goods, and it’s not the workers faults.
Oh man I remember in the 90s my dad said the same thing about Chinese products. Then I became an adult and noticed the only American products that actually existed were the plastic covers they put around Chinese metal