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What is a product that you won’t accept a generic alternative for? (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
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For example, if you insist on buying Advil instead of store brand ibuprofen. I mean, you’d be wasting your money in that example, but you do you

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[–] 14 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Electronics in general are you get what you pay for. It might work just as well for a while, but cheaper components will almost always fail quicker.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Apple is kinda a mixed bag in this regard. Sometimes the extra premium you paid is worth it because it lasts ten years, sometimes it breaks in six months because a single pin got bent in some critical internal connector. And sometimes they intentionally slow down old iPhones.

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