• Decoy321
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    2 years ago

    This funny meme is also a good example of survivorship bias. There are both good and shitty ACs from both eras. We’re just only comparing to the good old ACs because the shitty ones already broke.

    • 𝒍𝒆𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒏
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      292 years ago

      The same seems to apply for old music as well - only the “good stuff” survives and everything else is forgotten

    • Draconic NEO
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      132 years ago

      That is true, although earlier generations didn’t have access to as many different variations of a product, most of the ones available to them were the high-end versions. The trade-off is that they costed much more due to being a more premium product and being new on the market.

    • @beefcat@lemmy.world
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      12 years ago

      It’s true with most appliances.

      The problem is it is difficult to know today which appliances will still be functioning in 20 years.