I think you may be underestimating just how much crap customers can deal with before they say &quot;enough&quot; (and just how hard is it to coordinate them to say it together). I don&#x27;t think anyone is happy that they have to replace light bulbs and electric kettles every other year, but we have no choice - the durable options are <i>not on the market</i>. They have disappeared years ago. And in case of housing, I think the conditions could reach a pretty horrible level before people would be forced to seek something else.<p>My point is that market is <i>too good</i> at making things efficient. Its goal is to make things profitable. Which is a decent proxy for the peoples&#x27; goal of making a product or service &quot;good&quot;, but those two ideas start to diverge at some point.