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NoWayNotThisAgain t1_izuiwgg wrote

Reply to comment by cannotrememberold in Are all those old alarm clocks really anything special? by LowerSurplus

I hear you on that, but toasters aren’t solid state. They’re mechanical.

It’s hard to have planned obsolescence on solid state products. If they don’t fail in the first 3 months they’ll likely last for decades.

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D3tsunami t1_izvs57b wrote

Idk couldn’t they design it with less heat sink, less wire insulation, thinner metal etc so it wears out after less use? Perhaps finer machining tolerances allow a flimsier product to be produced

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