What happened when conglomerates and consolidation took over the power tool industry.
Your Power Tools Got Worse On Purpose
https://www.worseonpurpose.com/p/your-power-tools-got-worse-on-purpose
>Your Power Tools Got Worse On Purpose
Enshitifcation seems to be the universal path.
I was thinking about the VW Beetle. I've never been a giant fan of it, but one thing about it is that it was absolutely designed to be home serviceable. One could theoretically be kept alive forever with simple tools and a few 4x4 blocks of wood. It is pretty much the opposite design objective of what is happening today.