Disclosure: The above is in Japan where they actually put out some pretty good stuff. We would sometimes upgrade our furniture and appliances when we found something better. Got a 1962 Mitsubishi color TV once, still in fine working order. It lasted us for five more years.
Combine the Japanese near-obsession with having the latest and greatest tech gadgets with tiny living spaces and it makes sense to part with well-kept but dated “stuff.” Very few others want it either, so they toss it. They just don’t have attics, basements, garages, spare rooms and multiple walk-in closets to accumulate crap the way we do.