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I'm curious how people feel about this design practice here in the US. I know some countries have regulations against it, the entire EU, for example. I wish we would follow suit as planned obsolescence does not, in any way, benefit the consumer. It is also wasteful and harmful to the environment.
The last time we bought a stove the guy was trying to sell us an extended warranty that I declined. I still believe that if you take care of something it will last but his response was that every appliance on his sales floor would likely last 5 years no matter if it was a generic brand or a high end one. Crazy.
My stove is still working fine.
I did have new appliances in a rental and those people managed to kill the fridge, dishwasher and stove within 6 years.
So many things are disposable in America today. We are obsessed with buying new stuff.
I have a TV that's almost 10 years old and is working fine.
My 2012 Ford Focus has 105K miles on it and is doing just fine.
I don't buy into the "planned obsolescence" meme. Things naturally wear out as they get used and get old. What do you expect? Furthermore, cars and other things are better made these days than they used to, so if anything, whatever there used to be to "planned obsolescence" is even less a thing nowadays.
I have a TV that's almost 10 years old and is working fine.
My 2012 Ford Focus has 105K miles on it and is doing just fine.
I don't buy into the "planned obsolescence" meme. Things naturally wear out as they get used and get old. What do you expect? Furthermore, cars and other things are better made these days than they used to, so if anything, whatever there used to be to "planned obsolescence" is even less a thing nowadays.
Planned Obsolescence is more of a thing now than in the past by far. You don't get 20 years out of appliances anymore like you used to.
What motivated me to start this thread was a video on youtube detailing how to replace the battery on a Samsung Galaxy S9. It looks like a major PITA. I remember the days, not long ago, when you could easily swap a new battery in and out of phones in a matter of seconds.
Old news. Vance Packard wrote "The Waste Makers" in 1960 explaining how manufacturing practices were changing so that things wore out and had to be replaced. Gotta keep them profits up you know!
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What motivated me to start this thread was a video on youtube detailing how to replace the battery on a Samsung Galaxy S9. It looks like a major PITA. I remember the days, not long ago, when you could easily swap a new battery in and out of phones in a matter of seconds.
And on many newer cars you need to remove the entire front fascia to replace a headlight bulb. Like the Samsung it doesn't make them obsolete, just a PITA to service.
What motivated me to start this thread was a video on youtube detailing how to replace the battery on a Samsung Galaxy S9. It looks like a major PITA. I remember the days, not long ago, when you could easily swap a new battery in and out of phones in a matter of seconds.
But some of this is done at the expense of gaining other features like being able to make them even more dust/water proof. Sounds like your issue is really more about batter life expectancy than planned obsolescence.
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Like the Samsung it doesn't make them obsolete, just a PITA to service.
