Power Tools

[Brad]

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

[littleman]

>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.