Doughymidget

Doughymidget t1_jds86bt wrote

Reply to comment by intermediatetransit in My Aunt’s GE Spacemaker Coffeemaker from 1988, used nearly everyday since by ME5SENGER_24

Sure. And every decision is made with multiple factors for and against it. Just having one reason to do something doesn’t mean that another reason couldn’t still be seen as a positive by a company. Again, there is hard proof that it’s been done before, and I don’t think that companies focus on this as a business strategy. But, I think it does exist.

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Doughymidget t1_jdrxsrs wrote

Reply to comment by kkngs in My Aunt’s GE Spacemaker Coffeemaker from 1988, used nearly everyday since by ME5SENGER_24

Now that’s just inexcusable. The CPVC plumbing in my 30 year old home is so brittle that I can almost break it by hand, but it doesn’t leak everywhere as long as I don’t go touching it. Even cheap-ass plumbing in a coffee maker should just hold. You’re probably not moving the coffee maker all that much.

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Doughymidget t1_jdrxeo4 wrote

Reply to comment by BoilerButtSlut in My Aunt’s GE Spacemaker Coffeemaker from 1988, used nearly everyday since by ME5SENGER_24

Just to defend the idea that it is a real thing, it has been a tactic used purposefully by cartels. Now, do most companies do this to this day? Maybe not. I think you are not wrong. But I do think that Apple soldering the ram memory in their computers so that you are unable to upgrade it and extend the life of your MacBook is planned obsolescence. Also, companies that restrict your ability to repair a product is planned obsolescence. So, it is a thing and is alive. It just may not always be the reason that a product is made cheaper or for some reason fails sooner than you’d like.

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