content: That’s why some people make not as high tech stuff but stuff that actually works for a long time.  “I’m too poor to buy shit that is cheap.” is a classic trope. Or “Poor people are poor because they keep rebuying the same things.” is another classic trope.  Many historians have joked that rich people tend to be  families that buy and keep all the durable items they use for generations so eventually their wealth builds up and they have lots of useful stuff that is passed down intergenerational.