A machine might be able to make an objectively better thing, but that’s not what people are paying extra for. It’s the story about a real person applying their skills and effort to make it. Demand for that will likely never cease to exist. I bet it’ll just increase.
Ever heard of lying?
Never, what is it?
It’s like when the stripper tells you that you are special and not creepy.
I like to play a fun game whenever visiting a place that sells “handmade” jewelry: Open up aliexpress and see how long it takes to find the original supplier…
“Handcrafted with love in Ohio.”
“shipping 2-3 weeks via yunexpress”
A friend sent me jewelry she found beautiful and almost every time I found the AliExpress listing. I don’t know if she got tired of it or if she finally understood that those things were just dropshipping.
She probably should just buy directly from aliexpress in that case. No point paying a needless markup.
Yes but that’s a different activity.
I think the key point here is. sadly the glut of the world right now, plus AI video etc… Point is if you try and buy something “handmade” from the internet, You’ll find a lot of mixed quality AI generated videos of people pretending to make the stuff, plus even if they didn’t AI generate the video, they may have just gotten or filmed one person making something similar to what they dropship once. (you can probably tell once you get it, but you’ll probably have to buy 5 counterfiets before you find a real one, unless you can physically walk to where they handmake it and see them make it.
If you really want something handmade, the best place for it isn’t online, but in outdoor market stalls
Unless the stall has the artist actively making the item, this is no guarentee either. I have seen aliexpress stuff being sold at an outdoor stall.
Buy local.
That’s why I threw the caveat there “unless you can physically walk to where they handmake it”, but of course depends what you want and if you live anywhere near somewhere that does it.