Dreadful quality lightning

In this country the lightbulbs are of such a poor quality that one has to see them to believe it.  And I'm not talking about some fake brand bought at a back alley.  I've experienced many times over that with Philips incandescent lightbulbs (made in Indonesia or China) bought at decent stores, I only get one month tops of regular use.  That's why I have changed many of the lightbulbs to the fluorescent type since they claim to last about six times as long.

Yesterday one of the incandescent lightbulbs in my small studio went out, so I replaced it with a spare I found when I moved in.  Since then, each time I turn on again that light after a few hours of being off, I need to slightly touch and screw tighter/unscrew the bulb to make it turn on.  That lightbulb socket is also a piece of crap!  How come these guys don't have pride in their own workmanship?