Is the fact that things last much shorter nowadays really so bad?

   I think the fact that things last much shorter really is bad. Habits like "rather buying the new item instead of fixing the broken one" are only showing our consumerism and they are really bad from an ecological point of view. One reason for this is propably the fact, that items, like technological gadgets and devices are purposely being made with a lower quality, so they will break or lower their efficiency sooner, so you will need to buy a new one. The other reason is that some brands become trendy and people who follow those trends will feel the necessity to buy the newest version of a certain product, just becouse the one they have is old and not trendy anymore., even though it works just fine and has most of the necessary features, if not all of them.
   All in all I think, this fact will continue to be a big problem in our world in the nearest future. People don't seem to like changing their habits too often.