It’s biological planned obsolescence!

Fact is, any machinery idle for 20 years, I bet more likely than not it can restart by a skilled technician with the right parts/service. Any made LESS than the last 10~20 years, I'm not so sure... "planned obsolescence" is capitalism's most evil offsprings.

I knew about the "planned obsolescence" of bulbs and nylon stockings, but this video had more details.

I gotta call B.S. on the "everlasting LED bulb" comment he makes at the end. I've had many LED bulbs fail after 2 years when they are supposed to last at least 8. Most of them Feit brand. Sure I could request a warranty replacement, but I'd have to pay shipping both ways, which costs more than getting a new one.

Apple has had class-action battery lawsuits almost every year since the iPod introduction. I did take advantage when they had $30 battery replacement for iPhones, but guess what - that's gone back up to "overpriced" as of last year. At least they support iOS devices with 5 years of software updates. Google has always been worse, and some 3rd party (HTC for example) ship new Android phones (at least their cheaper non-flagship models) with outdated software, and never release a patch.

Apple has taken planned obsolescence and their stock price to a level unimaginable to people who lack ruthlessness.

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Is nobody going to mention the elephant in the room of how crappy the durability of paint on American cars is?

It's a clear example of planned obsolescence and a good reason why they don't make Oldsmobiles any more.

You seem passionately opposed to most Americans owning guns more so than simply harboring a beef with firearms in general-It seems from these determined comments on the subject running from a crack in the spillway that guns are just bad (m'kay), that you are opposed to peeps having guns please let us in on the cogent distillation of your consternation because I am clueless as to how someone can hope to brave a hike through the tundra without proper gear, and you seem like an educated and thoughtful fellow!

If all cops have guns, and most criminals have guns, and there are already enough fucking prisons, THEN (or how about fuck conventional logic because I can't dance so well) Why should I live somewhere where I am unsafe and unsecured without owing a firearm AND, if in choosing to exercise my free will (what a fucking concept, HUH!?) I am then subject to some fucking police-state run-a-round?

Piers Morgan. Who the fuck names their kid Piers?! The guys a moron or is intentionally coming-off as one to appeal to the contingent destined for unadaptive gene-pool elimination.

I've heard enough stupid arguments for the last 23 hours coming from heads in asses from all fronts on the internet and most of the bullshit comes from major news sources, and Piers here..What exactly can't you believe considering who we have to work with in the general pop. in the U.S??

Critically thinking people are part of a planned obsolescence worldwide, brother!

>> ^mxxcon:

very cool, yet pretty depressing to see his health degrade further and further


Ah relax, he's a robot. It's just planned obsolescence.

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I can't believe I got up at 4 AM to watch the unveiling of a digital picture frame. So, so, so underwhelmed. Where's the camera? Even an iPod Nano has a freakin' camera. I smell planned obsolescence.

Yucky lights. I like these. They last a really long time, because modern bulbs are made to burn out in a most disgusting display of planned obsolescence. The world's oldest bulb is one of these. Maybe they're not the most efficient, but don't just leave them on.

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Fuck the DMCA, it treats the accused as guilty until proven innocent.
YouTube credulously follows dubious DMCA take down notices and doesn't do anything much against those who submit bogus ones. It's a copyright witch-hunt. Alleged copyright holders should have to get a court order first. Youtube should not be liable unless they refuse to comply with a court order. Copyright terms should be reduced to 20 years. Adopt the entire platform of the Swedish Pirate Party. Copyright paranoia impedes productivity and public discourse. Copyright protection should require registration with the Library of Congress for archival purposes, as it did before the mid 20th century, and at the expiration of the term of the copyright the copyrighted material should become publicly available for download from the archives. Any 2 minute clip from a TV show is FAIR USE. If it's legal to let your friend borrow a copyrighted book, it should be legal to send your friend some copyrighted music or whatever electronic files. Copyright cannot be enforced without inappropriate surveillance of private communications, so just let it go. There are better business models than suing everyone who tries to make derivative works or post little clips on YouTube. Fuck having to pay for something before you can even see whether it's really worth anything, or just to maintain interoperability within a framework of planned obsolescence. Any musician who's popular on P2P could also make a lot of money on concerts. Fuck movie theaters, get netflix. Microsoft still makes huge profits despite how easy it is to pirate their software.

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That is why I dumped my inkjet POS. I went laser. Not like that is a heck of a lot better... who knows how often/expensive its going to be to replace bits such as the fuser and who knows what else.

Planned obsolescence people that is all this is. Many modern gadgets are designed to fail in a relatively short time.. all to get you to 'go buy a new one'.

Now you wonder why landfills are full to the brim?

>> ^Xax:
dgandhi, why did you buy a 40-year-old blender for $30 on eBay?

I had an hand me down blender that had an accident. I went out and bought a consumer grade piece of junk, and was terribly unimpressed relative to what I had before. I worked my way up the new blender hierarchy until I had a blend-tech, which also sucked.

I came to the conclusion that "good blender" was no longer a product being manufactured, and so I ordered a near cousin of my old osterizer blender, that was in near new conditon on ebay for $30. Since I am clearly willing to pay $400 for a good blender I saved $370, and ended up with a better product.

This lead to my new rule of durable goods acquisition: If it doesn't have microchips in it, buy at pre 1980 version on ebay.

I'm boycotting planned obsolescence.