Quality or Convenience

The aspect of “quality” is becoming less and less important today. Just last year 181 million disposable cameras were sold compared to 7 million digital ones, that’s a 25 to 1 ratio. The reason this is happening is because something that is handy, easy to use, and cheap is the top choice for all but professionals. Does this mean that in 10 years there won’t be what we consider quality items, or that things will get so cheap we can only use them one time? Another industry that is getting cheaper is the camcorder one, in 2007 Pure Digital released the Flip Ultra which became a mega hit and over 1 million of them were sold in just the first year. Today the Flip takes up over 17 percent of the camcorder market and the top contenders are scrambling just to catch up. All of these incidents are shocking when you think about them, what if safety loses quality, or worse happens? The question we must learn to ask ourselves is not is it convenient, but is it safe?