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Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
ELI5 why do cribs get recalled all the time?

How hard is it to make a safe bed for a baby? Why do manufacturers not know how to do this by now??
gpt
It's easy to make a safe crib. Take hard, dense wood, shape it to fit snuggly, and use high quality fasteners.

The problem is that this is expensive. Given the choice, most people will buy the cheaper option if the product performs the same function. To chase sales, companies have to find ways to make things cheaper.

So companies try to reduce the cost of their products with cheaper materials and labor so they are barely functional. This generates the most profit (cheaper = more people buy it over expensive options and they make more money per sold piece). Often times, this sacrifices safety because they didn't need to test for it (no regulations) or they didn't want to test for it due to cost. For more unscrupulous companies, recalls cost less than the lost profit if they didn't make the product.