That purpose being: lower costs, higher profit margins.

We call it ‘financialized capitalism’. We’re supposed to be thankful for that.

@yogthos https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planned/_obsolescence

Me cooking with a clay pot over a open fire

I literally just bought some Hexclad pans...I guess I'll try to avoid using metal utensils on them regardless. I did use a Caraway pan before and I can confirm that those do not last long at all - absolutely avoid those.