Hi there, I came here to the BIFL Lemmy out of suspicion that the reddit posts are just unlabelled marketing, and I was wondering the possibility of sourcing goods that are more to a BIFL standard? In my area, second hand goods tend to be really quite poor in quality (reselling fast fashion) or otherwise not present, and I have not inherited anything that does last. So I would apprecite advice or reccomendations for finding goods at a BIFL standard. I was also wondering if maybe there would be anyone with good advice for finding sustainable, local textile production so that I may be able to tailor what I need without having to buy from the poor selection aforementioned, does anyone know of any of this?
TL:DR I am suspicious that a lot of what is claimed as ‘BIFL’ has been enshittified, and would like advice on being able to search for sustainable goods for a local area (not specified because I’m hoping for advice with searching, not exactly for specific reccs)
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For sure. Some things really can’t be made to last forever due to their function.
But every attempt should be made to make things easy to repair, or recycle when it’s at the end of its lifecycle.
Baking in planned obsolescence is what we tend to see these days, and that’s a decision by the company to do that for nothing more than profits.
I wish governments would force manufacturers to make products that last longer than they currently do. Even if they frame it as an environmental initiative.
For instance, non-removable batteries should be so rare that it would be hard to find a product made with one.