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>Haha, then handmade goods are supposed to win on quality alone?
Do you only live in the city or something? (Hell, even in cities, people are trying to buy more organic shit in grocery stores and farmer's markets, even if that is a wannabe hipster thing, but that kind of thing is what people in rural areas do as a normal way of life)
Its not just quality. I would never buy an AI art piece or object (why should I when I can just do it myself for free), but I might be willing to support someone who made something of value by hand.
The fact that the object is also unique conveys it an inherent value.
For example, I visited a city recently on vacation, and I bought some cute, leggy, ceramic fairies from someone who makes them by hand in the market square. Very few people have something very similar to what I have when I bought those, and nobody has something exactly the same.
A similar story applies for foods which is why restaurants, food trucks, vendors, etc. are able to exist.
So that covers 2 very large areas alone (food and artistic goods), but then you get into other unique services like vehicle and object customization, wooden goods/furniture, general and home constructions, simple metal goods, non-power tools, clothing, souvenirs, toys, disposable/consumable goods, gardening, sporting/hunting goods, personal care products, office supplies/stationary, and the list goes on and on.
And for the more advanced electronic goods, bringing the manufacturing back here would also improve things in general.
>Without standardization any repairs would be a lost cause
What are you talking about? You think people can only repair things if they have a square peg to put into a square hole? People who repair obviously need to know the general principles for repairing things in general, and if they don't, they're not a very good repairman. Someone who is handy won't always need a manual or something, they can figure things out by taking it apart and putting it back together, or understanding the concepts and ideas behind certain things.
Moreover, when I said handmade goods, I wasn't referring to people making advanced technological goods by hand (unless its something that can be feasibly done and isn't too advanced or requires too much, but then its not really "advanced" technology, stuff like gunsmithing might fall into a gray area for example)
>If buying two cheaper appliances one after another results in longer period of being useful than a single, more expensive one, why would you use that single one instead?
Because of the better performance, features and value you get out of it.
Just because 2 appliances can perform the same function doesn't mean their quality is the same. If you have 2 microwaves, but one of them makes the food taste worse than the other one, that's a significant issue.
If you have a toaster that's cheaper and as a result, it has issues, like say its slower to heat up or distributes heat less evenly than the higher end one, that's a disadvantage that you pay for over the long term.
Plus, in many cases, the longevity of high quality appliances far outstrips cheaper ones, you usually pay more for the cheaper ones over time unless you really mistreat your appliances.
>and even 3D printing would win over handmade goods regarding quality in most cases.
That very much depends on the type of good.
At any rate, American 3D printing services would still be a better alternative than chinkshit and still give more people here jobs than chinkshit.