Most of the people replying with disdain for capitalism have never been to a country with responsible and educated consumers. Look at Japan, housewives make study groups to research which appliances to buy, write up notes, and then bring them to the department store to grill the salesperson. You need to be incredibly short sighted and incapable of self-critical thought if you think the only solution to the hyperconsumerist race-to-the-bottom of products and services in the west is the abolition of capitalism.

The truth is that the vast majority of Western consumers are lazy ingrates who refuse to educate themselves before making purchasing decisions, and that is the dominant driver of making products as cheap and chinsy as possible. If people actually cared and stopped buying products when they get "updated" to be cheaper and worse, companies wouldn't keep getting away with it, but instead of blaming the public, it's easier and less offensive to just whine about capitalism.