Comment by eru

> People like all sorts of dumb things. Temu and these cheap crap products have a lot of problems, and quality is only the tip of th4 iceberg.

If people are buying it voluntarily, who are we to judge?

Ice cream also only lasts a single use and is gone afterwards, and no one complains.

> Are you asking why they’re doing it?

Sorry, I should have quoted more.

> because they need to 1. Run other companies outside of China out of business,

Why do they 'need to' run other companies out of business? What need do they have?

> They do, but they need people to be working in manufacturing facilities too, otherwise the gig is up. You can’t have millions or tens of millions of people sweeping streets all day - better to give them the illusion that the future is better by having them build and ship products.

Maybe. Sweeping streets was but one example. There's lots of other positive utility things to do, even in manufacturing.