Every manufactured product has planned obsolescence built into the design (Reply #25)

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Mon Jan 18, 2021, 05:36 PM

tymorial (3,336 posts)

25. Every manufactured product has planned obsolescence built into the design

It's kind of interesting if you can get a hold of something that we all still use today and was available 50 or 60 years ago. If the 60 year old product was taken care of, it probably works as well or better than a newer model in some cases.

Case in point, I have a large table fan that belonged to my great grandmother. That thing will circulate more air than anything you can buy short of something industrial. We have all kinds of kitchen appliances as well that are amazing.

You might get more mileage with higher priced products but they will still done.

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32 replies	Author	Time	Post
Does anybody else out there think that maybe our cell phones have planned [View all]	raccoon	Jan 18	OP
I know it is a fact with the battery.	onecaliberal	Jan 18	#1
What kind of weird things?	MineralMan	Jan 18	#2
Phone crashed for first time not long ago.	raccoon	Jan 18	#7
Again, what kind of phone? What model?	MineralMan	Jan 18	#10
iPhone 8 Plus. Nt	raccoon	Jan 18	#29
Yes- I love my iPhone 6 and when 11 was introduced...	lisa58	Jan 18	#3
That's why I buy a 150 dollar Consumer Cellular phone.	sarcasmo	Jan 18	#4
My Phone Is Around The Same Age	ProfessorGAC	Jan 18	#5
There is no think about it, they do have planned obsolescence	Johnny2X2X	Jan 18	#6
Absolutely, that is why batteries are no longer replaceable.	whttevrr	Jan 18	#8
Most things - appliances, cars, electronics - have built-in obsolescence....	Sogo	Jan 18	#9
They can easily create obsolescence later.	Buckeye_Democrat	Jan 18	#11
Iphones built the battery to fail so people would buy new ones. I decided then	Autumn	Jan 18	#12
That not true	FreeState	Jan 18	#21
Here.	Autumn	Jan 18	#26
Sometimes my iPhone rings for no reason. Nothing appears on the screen and no incoming calls show	mobeau69	Jan 18	#13
Phones suck. The Android OS, for example, on my phone can be updated	DonaldsRump	Jan 18	#14
1st, try restarting.	maxsolomon	Jan 18	#15
Tried that. Nt	raccoon	Jan 18	#30
My galaxy s9 started messing up on different things about a month before I was done paying for it.	Doreen	Jan 18	#16
Yes.	grumpyduck	Jan 18	#17
I have a very old phone, android 4.4. Still works just fine. But	Pobeka	Jan 18	#18
Apple has paid fines.	moondust	Jan 18	#19
hmmm. My decades old flip phone still works fine. nt	Binkie The Clown	Jan 18	#20
You beat me to it.	Chainfire	Jan 18	#22
Yup. We consumers have a choice and I chose to go with 3G flip phones for me and my son. They	abqtommy	Jan 18	#24
My old Jitterbug just dances right along just fine.	monmouth4	Jan 18	#23
Every manufactured product has planned obsolescence built into the design	tymorial	Jan 18	#25
It used to be 2 years. They are doing better.	leftyladyfrommo	Jan 18	#27
No, but unless you further believe that EVERY Cell phone maker is doing this...	brooklynite	Jan 18	#28
Of course they do.	Iggo	Jan 18	#31
I have a Nokia. 10% of the time when I answer the phone the other person can not hear me.	marie999	Jan 18	#32

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