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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink34•1 month agoI guess the best thing to do is to research the bikes that do this bullshit and don’t buy them.
minus-square@UFO64link23•1 month agoThe vast majority of consumers don’t care. They look for a product which is in their budget, and they think does what they want. The market will select for companies which and most profitable. The best thing to do is to pass laws that make this practice of enshitification illegal.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink8•1 month agoLegislation like that seems reasonable considering the standards that exist for cars and bikes serve literally the same societal purpose as cars.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink10•1 month agoSince steel frames seem to last forever, Id just get a decades old used bike. Maybe get some new wheels
I guess the best thing to do is to research the bikes that do this bullshit and don’t buy them.
The vast majority of consumers don’t care. They look for a product which is in their budget, and they think does what they want.
The market will select for companies which and most profitable.
The best thing to do is to pass laws that make this practice of enshitification illegal.
Legislation like that seems reasonable considering the standards that exist for cars and bikes serve literally the same societal purpose as cars.
Since steel frames seem to last forever, Id just get a decades old used bike. Maybe get some new wheels