The title is a bit of an exaggeration.
Why do corporations change shampoo and toothbrushes so often? I’ll go through 10 different shampoos and toothbrushes, then find ones I like. I’ll probably be able to purchase them again a few times before the ones I like are no longer available.
What are the forces driving manufacturer’s to change their basic wares so often? Besides Wall St. greed, that is?
I fully expected someone to chime in with some variant of “you should make your own shoes anyway, it’s trivial with a dead badger and a bottle cork and two pieces of string… kids these day don’t know anything no more!”.
The kids these days don’t even know the name or the village cobbler