It’s cardboard covered with a thin layer of plastic and wood. People buying this aren’t doing it for longevity. It’s so they can spend $15 on a side table for their college dorm.

Yes especially in hot humid climates where they sag already after a year if you are keeping a Monitor and some books on it.

I don't think I have ever lived in a place where I've kept a desk, or any other furniture, long enough to care, though.

I like the idea of not buying disposable furnitures, especially when there are alternatives at the same price. I can stand on my current desk (the ikea kitchen table) with my full weight and probably jump on it, the previous one was bowing if I did as little as resting my elbows on it

The concept of disposable furniture is wild to me. As if fast fashion weren't wasteful enough, now we have fast furniture??