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In the old days, printers for computers were the bane of every owners existence. They were not predictable, computers couldn't connect to them and they were a maintenance problem. Fast forward 10 years and printers became rock solid and a good business Hewlett Packard printer lasted 10 years without any problems or repairs...And even after I took the 10 year old machine home, it was still performing 7 or 8 years later.
And then something happened...Lasting forever wasn't good enough and folks wanted cheaper printers and HP and Epson gave us really cheap printers....They drove you crazy with paper jams and ink usage but man were they cheap...and you had to buy a new one every few years. (Rumor had it that the manufacturers would give you the machine for free because it was the inks where they made their profits.)
We are having a very similar thing happen in dentistry. Dentistry, when done well, can last 2 decades but about 10 years ago, people not only wanted 20 years of usage from their dental work but they wanted it cheap. So now, fillings and crowns last a few years and get redone again and again.
I don't know about you but I would pay more and sit in the dental chair less.
