I just don’t think it applies to example 1 because there exists alternatives that can keep the sunk resources.
What matters is if those alternatives are better (and can be executed on, rather than being counterfactual). It doesn’t matter why they are better. Being better because they made use of the sunk resources (and might’ve become cheaper as a result) is no different from being better for other reasons. The sunk cost fallacy is giving additional weight to the alternatives that specifically use sunk resources, instead of simply choosing based on which alternatives are now better.
Again, seems like we are in agreement lol. I agree with what you said and I meant that, but tried to compress it into one sentence and failed to communicate.
What matters is if those alternatives are better (and can be executed on, rather than being counterfactual). It doesn’t matter why they are better. Being better because they made use of the sunk resources (and might’ve become cheaper as a result) is no different from being better for other reasons. The sunk cost fallacy is giving additional weight to the alternatives that specifically use sunk resources, instead of simply choosing based on which alternatives are now better.
Again, seems like we are in agreement lol. I agree with what you said and I meant that, but tried to compress it into one sentence and failed to communicate.