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Anonymous 10/16/22(Sun)12:04:21 No.89236066▶>>89236108 >>89236160 >>89237131 >>89237180 >>89238828
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>>89234127 (OP)
Bear in mind that planned obsolescence is much, much older than smartphones and desktop computers. It's older than the common ownership of automobiles in America.
Light bulb manufacturers like philips have been baking failure into the light bulbs that they create since the 20's or 30's (I think, don't quote me, DYOR). early light bulbs failed regularly because the tech just wasn't there yet. Once the tech was there to make them last basically indefinitely, manufacturers realized that their profits were tanking because people would buy a light bulb and never buy one for that fixture again because it never went out. Making sure that their bulbs failed regularly and predictably was massively profitable for them and kept them in business. Even today, the same thing is true for fluorescent bulbs and LED bulbs, don't ever believe anyone who says "LEDs last longer than old filament bulbs," only if you hack the circuitry to make them run at a lower temperature.
Point is, this isn't a tech problem, it goes way deeper than that. It's a consumer problem. People refuse, even in the modern day, to buy things that last and just work. They'll chase what's new and exciting and what they're told to buy and not think too much about what it's going to be like 5 or 10 years in the future.
Fix the culture and the industry will be forced to follow. Industry and government will not lead the way, that would be unprofitable.
also fuck this capchka
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