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[โ€“] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

I'm surprised a 1927 handheld fan is so compact and modern looking. I wonder if it was cutting edge.

[โ€“] Evil_Shrubbery@thelemmy.club 6 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

It was must pre-enshitification, I think, they later used plastic to make them look bigger to sell them with larger margins.

A lot of products got needlessly bigger bcs customers thought they were being "more".