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Boots theory (en.wikipedia.org)

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[–] ConstipatedWatson@lemmy.world 4 points 3 hours ago

Now that's amazing, since I thought it was a much older concept!

I guess I never heard it linked to poverty (though it makes sense), but just a general statement about if something is of higher quality will last longer than several cheap versions of it.

I still can't fully believe such a statement is only 31 years old: maybe it was a common sense statement before?