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New mattress arrived, I'm realizing it's not so much "mattresses are Like That now not for quality reasons but to accommodate a...

New mattress arrived, I’m realizing it’s not so much “mattresses are Like That now not for quality reasons but to accommodate a shipping-based business model” as “mattresses stayed Like That so long because manufacturers of a bulky and rarely-purchased good could get more margin manipulating, segmenting, and intermediating the market than through improving the product quality”