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Originally Posted by htismaqe
Coincidence? I think not. It's planned obsolesce and pretty much everybody does it anymore. And it isn't just cell phones, it's consumer electronics and appliances too.
Hell, just the other day we sprang a leak in our hot tub, 4 days after the warranty expired.
Things aren't built to last anymore. We're a consumer-driven society and the only way to sustain is to buy more stuff more often.
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If your product lasts to long you aren't profitable and with all the shit about profits have to keep going up up and up it's not in the interest of your company to make anything that lasts.