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[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 21 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Because people get dopamine from shopping, even if it's garbage. It causes enormous amounts of waste, because most of the crap isn't used much if at all. They just make it look good on the product page.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago

…and it’s cheap.