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Video on planned obsolescence.
cdev:
The title is good.
"This is why we can't have nice things"
SilverSolder:
Surprisingly many people will argue there is no such thing as planned obsolescence...
MikeK:
--- Quote from: SilverSolder on April 04, 2021, 01:02:45 am ---
Surprisingly many people will argue there is no such thing as planned obsolescence...
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And people will argue that it exists where it doesn't, or where it's just incompetence or cost-cutting. "Yeah, maaaaan, they had a carburetor back in the 70's that got 100MPG maaaaaan. But they don't want you to know."
SilverSolder:
--- Quote from: MikeK on April 04, 2021, 01:20:00 am ---
--- Quote from: SilverSolder on April 04, 2021, 01:02:45 am ---
Surprisingly many people will argue there is no such thing as planned obsolescence...
--- End quote ---
And people will argue that it exists where it doesn't, or where it's just incompetence or cost-cutting. "Yeah, maaaaan, they had a carburetor back in the 70's that got 100MPG maaaaaan. But they don't want you to know."
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Sure, but that's not what was being discussed in the video: we are talking about hard-core planned obsolescence.
I can see it could be hard for e.g. an Apple fan-boi to admit they are being taken advantage of this way, but nevertheless, that is what is happening to them.
Ground_Loop:
I would argue that most of what is claimed to be planned obsolescence is actually marketers and engineers providing a product aligned with a price point that people are willing to buy it.
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