Comment by Grombobulous

What you’re saying makes sense. Obviously changing out appliances is a big hassle.

I would also say that a whole lot of people really either can’t afford to drop $2k on a washing machine or would much rather spend that elsewhere, inconvenience notwithstanding.

At the toaster level, at least in my case the cheap toaster isn’t a daily annoyance, the only annoyance is that it broke. In the modern day that means a replacement arrives at my door in less than 24 hours.

It is a bit dystopian/Cyberpunk-ish, yes. We aren’t getting the Star Trek vision of the future unfortunately. We can see how both corporate incentives and market preferences have spoken.