Nowadays, we are bombarded with so much information every day, important and unimportant, positive and negative. The day is full of appointments, calls, WhatsApp and social media. To recover from all these influences, I find it nice not to have 100 things lying around at home that subconsciously keep me on my toes.
And then I personally would much rather have a thing that works really well than lots of cheap parts that break quickly. Which I have to dispose of and then have to deal with where to get it replaced. Cheap purchases are often expensive - in terms of money and what I find even worse: in terms of time.
Apart from all these personal sensitivities, the mountains of waste are growing and growing and as long as politicians do little about it, everyone is responsible for what they can do for a better environment. Doing without plastic completely is challenging, but it is valuable to have a conscious approach to packaging and consumption.
We should also be aware of the role model function, if we constantly get our children new flashing plastic stuff, it is unconsciously suggested that things have no value and that you can simply throw everything away and buy something new.