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planned obsolescence
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Saltair's Finest
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so does anyone Have like an opinion or whatever on planned obsolescence Or does everyone just want to keep wasting their ****ing time With that dumb joke thats getting old
Planned obsolescence is a very real thing in my opinion. I don't have any hard evidence, but it makes sense for companies to design products to last just beyond the warranty period. This is especially true with phones. The manufacturers know most people can upgrade their phone through their service provider every 2 years, so that's about how long they make their phones to last.
Archie Moses
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Salt's dup Account would Have worked but one can TEll he tries a little two hard to be dumb haha if its Not a Dup account and he is Really that dumb then I don't no what two think other then human Beings are about 5 tyo six points dumber on scale lol hahah suckers work wit dat
I used to be able to fix the old headphones easily when I was a child, you know the simple cuprous ones. You just would find the broken segment of the cable, cut it and simply tie then. But for the last 5-10 years you cannot do that because they make some kind of paint on the very thin cable and you cant fix it once it's broken so you have to buy a new one or listen to the single side until it's completely broken down.
For the higher technological devices, it's a no secret. They don't make the best device with the best features and stability so you have to upgrade it, even if it's not broken. Some say they do this because of the cost, but it's not true at all. As an electric-electronics engineer I can say, the costs of the most of the devices are soo well under the sale prices.
I think it's basically the capitalism.
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Bingo. Absolutely agree.
Capitalism would scare any company out of building crap if another company came around and developed a reputation for building high quality, long lasting products for the same price. Also, if it's capitalism that causes crappy products to be built I'd like to order one of those super long lasting Soviet era cars that have been the envy of capitalist laborers/slaves. Alternatives to capitalism must produce some wonderful things that we in the backwards capitalist nations can only dream of.
I do think that to a certain extent planned obsolescence is real, but a manufacturer is playing with fire if they intentionally build inferior products. Competition is real and it can bring down even what seems like the mightiest of companies.
That said, why aren't cell phones waterproof?
Why did Toyota put plastic timing chain dampers in my '91 pickup truck? They broke at some point, allowing the timing chain to wobble around, which caused it to chew a hole through the timing chain cover, which allowed the coolant and oil to mix. I was 19 at the time and drove the thing around for a couple months in that condition. I'd have to change the oil and refill the radiator often, and more often as I kept driving around. When my dad finally helped me fix it (I couldn't drive across town without having to stop and add more oil) we went to a junkyard for a replacement timing chain cover. My pickup had 110,000 miles on it. The truck we pulled the cover from had 101,000 miles and the timing chain dampers must have broken on it too because there was the beginnings of the same grove cut into it. So why did Toyota put in a plastic part that required the entire head be removed to get at? But if they went cheep on that part why did I put 20,000 some odd thousand more miles on the truck after it was fixed with no problems, even though it had been driven with water and oil mixed together for a couple months? Did they want me to buy a whole new car or not?
That said, why aren't cell phones waterproof?
Why did Toyota put plastic timing chain dampers in my '91 pickup truck? They broke at some point, allowing the timing chain to wobble around, which caused it to chew a hole through the timing chain cover, which allowed the coolant and oil to mix. I was 19 at the time and drove the thing around for a couple months in that condition. I'd have to change the oil and refill the radiator often, and more often as I kept driving around. When my dad finally helped me fix it (I couldn't drive across town without having to stop and add more oil) we went to a junkyard for a replacement timing chain cover. My pickup had 110,000 miles on it. The truck we pulled the cover from had 101,000 miles and the timing chain dampers must have broken on it too because there was the beginnings of the same grove cut into it. So why did Toyota put in a plastic part that required the entire head be removed to get at? But if they went cheep on that part why did I put 20,000 some odd thousand more miles on the truck after it was fixed with no problems, even though it had been driven with water and oil mixed together for a couple months? Did they want me to buy a whole new car or not?
Saltair's Finest
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thanks for your responses Man Its pretty crazy to think about And I pay for a lot of the stuff I by because I work but my Parents still get me all the stuff thats Like way out of my price range like my Cell phone so I dunno what Im gonna Do when I by a car.
What do you do for work? If it's full time, it seems like a cell phone shouldn't be way out of your price range unless you always upgrade before your service provider subsidizes the price of your new phone.
Saltair's Finest
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i only work on the weekends at this restaurant But there were some weekends I didnt even Work because of hs and Sports or whatever. So it was mostly just for spending Money for food and movies