
The Disposable Lighter has been Relentlessly Optimised. Has OSS/BSS?
As Daniel Priestley articulates well here, the disposable lighter is an extraordinary example of capitalism doing what capitalism does best - thousands of tiny improvements compounded over decades. A lighter can be manufactured, shipped and sold for almost nothing because decades of competition have relentlessly squeezed inefficiency out of the system. Yet OSS/BSS seems strangely resistant to the same market forces, despite competition across hundreds of…
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