It depends. I do replace insoles sometimes. It seems like many of the athletic shoes tend to have the fabric wear through or the tread wear off in about 1-2 years depending on the design and materials. Dress shoes tend to last a year or two longer for me, until the leather gets too bent up looking. Some of those designs have sewn and glued insoles which are not easy to replace.
Not in my experience. The current shoes I wear everyday are some random Nike runners (I don't use them for running), and I've worn them pretty much every day for about 3.5 years now without issues with the soles. I do around 15-20k steps per day for reference.
That's not true in my experience, but the point was more about environmrntalism. I don't need an entire pair of shoes' material to be sourced, prepared, transported etc. just because my soles are wearing down.
I often hear this argument but from my personal experience it is wrong.
Doing a full repair of shoes cost me like 20-40€ (soles, insides, small holes) and lasts for 3+ years.
Yes, in Europe this is no big deal. In the US there are very few shoe shops that will do this kind of work. When you find one, they typically charge a lot - $100+.
That's a problem in and of itself I think. We need to shift attitudes more towards repair, and as part of that we need skilled tradespeople who can repair stuff.
Before we can do any of that we would need to fix the race to the bottom mindset. Even with new materials and shipping, it's cheaper just mass produce in a third world country than to pay someone's labor to repair here. That's going to take changes to global trade and domestic income/pay.
