"Planned Obsolescence", it's been a business model for more than 60 years. Which is why Grandma's old waffle Iron still works and the one you bought last year is now in a landfill.
They also sometimes make those same products “lifestyle” brands… or market them to be status symbols- so people will not only buy a new, not better, version- but they will pressure themselves to do so, feel better than in doing so, and look down on others for not. Not to mention the countless psychologically manipulative tactics.
I still use an electric frying pan my mom got in the 1960's. And now they have LED bulbs that last so long you need to wash them off because they last so long and don't produce heat that they gather dust and lint.
🤔 Planned obsolescence is also responsible for a lot of the tech junk filling up landfills and other wastes of resources that are contributing to the fall of our environment 🤷♂️
Hear hear 👏. Imagine an EPA speaker stating it was coming down on the planned obsolescence scam. Pollution would be cut in half in a year. The EPA would be downsized to a desk, and the employee indirectly appointed by industry.
@@howmuchbeforechamp haha where it’s a 50/50 chance it’s gonna break right out of the box... but the stuff is “so cheap” I guess people think it’s worth the gamble
@@aaronstepien2363 oh no wasnt talking about their products Was refering to the obscene amount polution those countries produce but it is never talked about , at least by the layman
@Paranoid Drummer well assuming they were 18 when they were married (and that they got it as a wedding gift) q57 years later....i don't see a need for toast unless it was a second had toaster but that means it's a toaster from like the mid twenties.q
@@chaosreigns7386 umm, make is usually referred to as the manufacturer. The model is a specific product from the manufacturer. Example: Year: 1989 Make: Ford Model: Mustang Trim: LX In other words, I’m assuming you have it backwards. Model is not the manufacturer. 👍🏼
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@@AxxLAfriku Never seen you, probably never will. And if I do I doubt I'd watch it all of it or watch another one if the best you have to offer is a couple pretty "girlfriends". The fact you had to capitalize two, hot and girl proves to me you're not worth looking up.
I think of this every time my boyfriend complains about his phone bugging out or freezing up. We both have the same phone (iPhone 6s+) that we got back in 2015. Mine still runs as smoothly as the day I got it, whereas his is almost unusable. The only difference in our phones is that he continues to upgrade the iOS whereas mine is stuck on iOS 11 bc I refuse to update lol. Sure I might be missing a few emojis and am unable to download a few apps but it sure beats having to buy a new phone every year when mine still works perfectly after 5 years! I’ll never understand the consumer mentality of having to have a shiny new product every time something’s released when you can just be content with what you have if it still works just as well.
I never buy anything new until something finally breaks and you have to replace it. O have an iPhone 6S+ as well. so what if every 6 months they improve the camera 1 megapixel more LOL! The phone still sends texts and makes calls so why bother spending 1000's to get a new one when mine works just fine!
I distinctly remember when I first learned about planned obsolescence in elementary school. At that young age it was a traumatic experience to find out that adults would lie for money. I have not yet recovered - it has only gotten worse.
I'm guessing you went to a government school. And that they said that without letting you know about economics, although unsure a grade-schooler has much critical thinking potential in the first place. Most of them, anyways.
@@mstcrow5429 Apple admitted to planned obsolescence by slowing down their iPhones through updates. In the 60's a washing machine company admitted to not making replacement parts after intentionally designing a ratchet gear to last only five years, and then changed its brand name. Most companies don't want to make bad products because it gives their company a bad name, but there are other methods of planned obsolescence that aren't so evident, such as release of new items before the implementation of new technology, a "push" just so they can make more money off of both technologies. It may not be outright deception, but it isn't putting the customer first, it's putting the bottom line first. If you want to know the reality of planned obsolescence don't look at economics, look at the court cases. It's a real thing, but probably not a very prevalent practice.
@@derreckwalls7508 I think you'd find that putting the bottom line first usually also requires putting the customer first. As you alluded to, crap products sully a reputation, and it wouldn't be very easy to hide behind a new brand name anymore. 3D printing should also make replacement parts easier to reproduce, also from third-parties. A customer decides, generally, if a new product has good enough improvements in tech. Or they might be strange and want a car with more modern styling. You wouldn't believe how much older my car is compared to the average. And I can understand both law and economics.
Fair, but if you think about it it's a surprisingly good way to keep an economy going. Imagine if many companies fail because their products were too good. Less investments in products would follow, meaning more expensive products of the same line or worse, have to be ordered individually. It's a necessary evil
@@brainypepper1621 you misunderstand. Its not corporate greed, its incentive to actually help a business afloat. Even the most honest salesman will go bankrupt if his wares are too good no one buys from him again. If you sell computers for example. The total number of sales you can make will only be equal to roughly your town or city population. You have to stop making computers after that cause hardly anyone will need to buy. Its basic economics If you want to save the planet you shouldnt be buying anything in the first place. It's apples and orangea
I don't believe it's necessary I think the economy would go on just fine. They would just find other ways to make money. There would be less junk and better technology.
giggles...Everyone should already know that manufacturing intentionally innovates everything to only last a certain amount of time. It ist NOT "fraud" unless the manufacturers "Literally" claim something will last forever, but it truly doesn't. There ist NO conspiracy involved, only ignorance of the consumers who believe otherwise. "Literal" ist "Literacy". Oh Great!!!...My payment finally arrived from Bohemian Grove. :-)
A proven fact can't be a conspiracy theory. This practice is very common. Consumers hate it, but never really do anything about it, so companies keep doing it.
I worked for a roofer one summer. He had a state contract to work on a school and he told me to use less "glue" because we want the shingles to come off sooner rather than later so we can come back and get more work. I was pretty disgusted; it left an ugly burn in my mind.
Probably why I can't get a job becuase I won't tow what anyone says. Personally I would never do that, I'll just flat out lie & hopefully get fired later.
My dad used to tell me and he thought manufacturers put a Killswitch in products were they could just hit a button even from a factory to make it malfunction
He's not far wrong. There was a a case on watchdog some years ago where a burglar alarm company got caught making there units fail after warranty runs out. Also some super car manufactures also have a time limit on a lot of parts despite mileage
Yeah, it's called a "software update". Wasn't Apple prosecuted for creating updates for iOS that deliberately made older products run slowly and drained the battery quickly, making you buy a new device? (I've never had an iPhone, but I do still have an iPod Touch).
@@sunnyjim1355 Thanks for calling my father a fool he died four years ago he was a good man, he provided for and loved his family. Many people think foolish things some people think the Earth is flat
I started just a month or 2 before it started, I wasn't subscribed when one showed up with his mustache so I went back to my history and the searched his name to compare and saw that the mustache was indeed new. I'm only now getting used to it but prefer the old look he had.
I really love old sewing machines as the are made to last , I have 3 that I use for my profession , one is over 100 the others are over 50 , still going strong .
@@yukondave8389 I think you missed the point. I can repair my android phone whenever something is broken. But, if your phone is damaged in any way, you can't repair from a third-party. Besides, parts are becoming unavailable. iPhones do serve better, there is no doubt, but accidents happen, what's your argument there?
@@yukondave8389 I had my galaxy s4 active for 6 years so🤷♂️ everyone else I knew with iPhones either had broken screens or shit batteries after a couple years.
This is how we became a “just replace it” society. Repair people jobs fall to the wayside because companies would rather just keep selling new units rather than just parts to fix a machine. The problem with the human race is the (human) part, humans are terrible to each other.
I was wondering if you were going to cover the printer inkjet scam - good catch! I've known also about PO for years, but very interesting about the Phoebus Cartel - hadn't come across it before. Thanks for posting (wink).
PO has backfired spectacularly also e.g. the American Auto Industry in the 80s. K-Cars, which are credited for saving Chrysler (for the short term,) had 5 digit odometers that reset to 0 after 99,999. Not surprising that Toyota and Honda ate their lunch.
For some unknown reason, I get my Patreon and YT notices back-to-back in my email - pretty much within a minute of each other. This YT posting was even stranger - when I clicked to watch, it was posted as "Unlisted" and no one had commented yet (I usually am far from the first to comment or view), so I was the first to comment. I viewed around 5pm Central time, so who knows? Mysteries of the Mustache!
@@Competitive_Antagonist lol, no. Car companies have switched from metal made to mostly plastic made so it wears/breaks down easier. So the customer has to keep paying for parts/service or replace the car entirely.
Taxes are never paid by corporations. It just gets rolled into the product costs. So the more they tax corporations the more they tax you. Taxation is theft. Same thing with printed money.
@@davidsenderodelsanto Nothing he said is nonsense. You must be a progressive liberal. "CoRpOrAtIoNs ArE GrEeDy! TaX tHeM mOrE!" They don't pay the taxes, they just pass them down in product cost. Poor people and middle class pay the taxes. "No! OnCe We TaX tHeM tHeY wOn'T bE gReEdY aNyMoRe AnD tHeY wIlL jUsT eAt ThE eXpEnSeS!" Liberals/Socialists lack all common sense. They hang on one sentence that tickles their pickle and never see past their hand. Near sighted dolts.
This is so true, specially when you consider that "planned obsolescence" does not exist on Spacecrafts send beyond Earth orbit. In spite of the extreme conditions of outer space, most spacecraft materials and functionality extent way longer than predicted: the Galileo mission lasted 8 years longer than expected, Cassini lasted 16 years longer than expected, the Martians rovers Spirit & Opportunity lasted 15 years out of 90-days each planned mission.... come on! When human kind decide to build, they can indeed built to last
@@StevioGaming1 I don't know much about cars or horses but I'm pretty sure the resources needed to maintain a horse is much more expensive than just keeping a car. For a horse, you need some land for it to roam about, you need a shit ton of food; for a car, you just need a garage (or not if you can just park outside your home), gas and the usual maintenance.
4 years ago LED bulb boxing often included "lasts for 15 years" "15 year lifespan" Not only has that marketing vanished the last 2 years, not a single one of the dozen bulbs i bought back then lasted more than 2 years. Which is still better than the 3-6months incandescent bulbs lasted.
Technically, the LED itself will last that long. It's the circuitry that controls it that dies from heatsoak, mainly because of the minor voltage fluctuations that we experience.
A LED bulb which burns out that quickly is badly designed. Properly designed, a LED bulb should last for roughly 10 years, and when it fails it will usually be the control electronics which fail rather than the LED.
this happens all the time. I have worked for a very large construction and agricultural machine manufacturer, I oversaw the warranty department of north and south america, and all the components of the different machines were designed specifically to fail just outside of the warranty period. Some things are setup to fail during certain applications that the machines are designed to do. such as backdragging. this is when you drag the bucket across a surface to flatten and smooth it out. They installed somewhat faulty anti-cavitation systems on the hydraulics.
I like Samsung. I only paid 150 for a 700 phone by getting a refurbished one. It's a Galaxy 7 and I believe they just released a 20. When this one starts acting like the free upgrade Galaxy 4 I used to have, randomly shutting down and draining the new battery, I'll buy the oldest refurbished Galaxy available straight from Samsung again for hundreds less because I couldn't care less about having the latest that's been costing about 900- 1,000 out here in the U.S.
dude i just got my note 9, 3 months ago refurbished. my originals screen cracked. my battery lasts maybe 3 hours of use. doesn't last 1 full day without use.
@@stuartronald9785 yeah, I mean, it wouldnt make sense that an opposition who owns a company who manufactures say, the dominion vote counting machines could engineer in a bias...
I remember changing my halogen bulb in around 2011 and the packaging said 10 000 hours and just recently replaced that with one that has only 2000 hours with no other options 😣 bruh moment there
15:33 And that's why fines for misdeeds should by law be a % of the previous quarter's profits, not some flat rate. If it doesn't actually noticeably sting then it's just a minor cost of doing business. I would have fined Apple $2-3B to where it would take 5 WEEKS to get that back, not 5 hours.
YOU DON'T GET IT........THESE COMPANIES PAY THE POLITICIANS........CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS........GRATUITIES LIKE TRIPS TO EPSTEINS ISLAND. THESE COMPANIES CONTROL THE LEGISLATION AND LANGUAGE OF LAWS........AND WHAT GETS ENFORCED..........ITS SCRIPTED THEATRE & ALL AN ILLUSION
@@osmanmohammad9118 Tech always move forward, but every time it does, it loses all the efficiencies gained in the last round. Think all the advances made to CFL lamps, then we get LEDs, LEDs are only now getting more efficient, soon some new tech is going to be launched. The idea of going forward is just changing for the sake of change, going backward would be using what we already have. We didn't need really needed LED lights, CFL was good enough, LED is only marginally better.
It's part of the narrative / prose , I guess he could talk like a robot but hey let's keep the winning formula as it is, unless you are willing to make your own informative and funny UA-cam video shut up mate
When I was a kid in the 80s, I rarely remember any incandescent light bulbs in our house blowing. Once I moved out on my own, I found myself constantly changing them. With the proliferation of CF and LED bulbs, I immediately switched every one. Also, headset manufacturers are notorious for planned obsolescence.
I think it's Ford who says their trucks are built to last, but i doubt that. all appliances are computerized and can just self-destruct with some internal program logic if they wish. cynical but who's going to find out?
*buys bulbs that claim to last year's* *Breaks within 3 weeks* I've been cursed with light bulbs, it's like everytime I flip a switch they break, lamps, ceiling lights, everything they break far too easy but the lightbulb in my lamp has been going strong for ages now, still get scared everytime I flip that switch.
Most things are designed to break, to where you can't fix, must replace. When is last time you met repair guy or even seen a tv repair shop. Remember the maytag man.
@J-dayday my car thinks that driver side door is not closed due to failed light receptor but they designed it so that if you were to replace it you need to replace whole locking mechanism. I wasn't going to pay 245$ for a failed 2$ component so i opted to cut the wires leading up to the receptor and connect it to a new one (one that wasn't manufactured for the car because you cannot buy it) and taped to reflector to it. Now the car thinks the door is closed at all times but radio doesn't work and service light pops up now and then. Retail service doesnt know what i did but they were able to fix the radio problem by connecting my car to a computer.
Me: "But we have expensive LED lights now. They're build to last longer. Right?" 3 out of 4 of my Osram GU 5.3 LEDs: "Well, three years gotta be enough."
Gotta be careful if they're 12V DC, because cheap AC to DC power supplies are designed for the 50W lights, and anything less than that the voltage rises. Because LEDs generally don't have inbuilt voltage regulation, the voltage above the rated voltage will mean the light burn brighter and hotter. The hotter it gets, the sooner it burns out. This isn't a problem for AC LEDs, but with 12V DC supposedly safer, cheap power supplies are shoved out into the market.
It's easier to reduce the lifespan of a led light bulb than a filament, because of the electrics that drive the power. LEDs are sensitive to high voltages, more than 0.1volts of their maximum operational voltage can destroy the led, and driving the led with 80% of their maximum power (instead of 99%) with a stable voltage will increase the lifespan to about 2 to 3 times.
@@ratemisia I didn't research the numbers at the time when I made the comment. I misspelled electrics, should be electronics. By destroyed, I mean to be damage and output less than 30% of the light. The 0.1 volts is probably OK for most of the LEDs, and it is for LED diodes, not LED light bulb. The LEDs power increases a lot for a small amount of extra voltage. lednique.com/current-voltage-relationships/iv-curves/ From this site, we can see that a green light works with 12ma @ 1.96v = 23.52 mWatts. If we increase the voltage by 0.1, we get about 14ma @ 2.06v = 28.84 mWatts, +22% power and this should work. If we increase the voltage by 0.3, we get about 18ma @ 2.26v = 40.68 mWatts, +72% power and this should damage the LED. The current influence the lifespan of the LED, and the lifespan VS current is dependent on the LED. The numbers that I gave was for a LED that I search years ago, I found other articles: Here is a research article: www.researchgate.net/publication/333990828_Current-induced_degradation_and_lifetime_prediction_of_310_nm_ultraviolet_light-emitting_diodes "5. SUMMARY It was found that the cube of the operation current density is a scaling factor for the time dependency of the optical power of 310 nm UV LEDs. This means that the current density strongly affects the lifetime of these devices. For example, halving the current density increases the lifetime by a factor of 8". This second one is for a different white LED: www.digikey.com/en/articles/determining-led-rated-life-a-tricky-challenge The current alone didn't do much for about 7000 hours. I think the total lifespan should be more than 7000 hours, and they didn't show until the end of his life. So it's incomplete.
Weird coincidence....I was just talking about planned obsolescence with someone at work. He said that he never heard of the terminology before but knew that the concept existed. Then I got home and started watching these vids...def gonna show him this tomorrow when he gets in.
@@HOLDENPOPE I agree with that 100%. If we don't break away from reliance on crude oil I believe we'll be stuck in a rut as far as technology/society goes.
We would have to kill capitalism in order to break away from this self-destructive cycle. People are made to value money, which in reality is nothing but an overbearing and inflated belief system, more than life itself. A tree is way more valuable where it stands that the money it's cut down and made into. If people stop believing in what money can do it would simply become as valuable as toilet paper. It's part of this matrix we are born into and don't question. Without money we would be in a position to value each other based on capability, character, and connections. True communities where everyone contibutes and supports one another. If something needs to be done, you all get together and do it instead of spending time on figuring out how much it's going to cost and then not do it b/c it's too expensive. Perfect example is cleaning our oceans. Who cares what it will cost to clean them... just do it! Our oceans are a necessity!
I clicked on this video right when youtube went down, and honestly I probably got more upset then I should, but today was the first time in all honesty I don't know how long that I ate dinner without watching a video in the background
The biggest reason the "Centennial" bulb has lasted for so long is because it never gets switched off. 95% of the time, when electronics fail, it's at the moment they are switched on. By never switching it off, you only have to switch it on the one time. Truly, one the worst things you can do to a piece of electronic equipment is switch it on.
@@JacReviewsStuff disk can also fail when turned off. That's why SSDs are more reliable. But you should turn off your computer when not in use so your ram and cache can clear. But computers also run the risk of breaken when turned on
Not to mention if we pumped large amounts of power though that bulb it would likely blow out in a matter of seconds. Turn a modern bulb down to the power of a candle and that thing will likely last 1000+ years or more.
I've had a lamp with incandescent bulb in it still going since when I was a kid (going on 20 years). The "green" led lights I've got now last maybe 6 months before the voltage converter or LED itself packs it in. How is it "green" to replace a bulb 1-2 times a year JAM PACKED full of electronics? But my glass dome with a filament that's lasted near 20 years is "bad for the environment"...? They do not care about the environment, they care about getting as much money as possible. Take Apple with their travesty of locking down and serialising electrical components in their devices so they can not be replace or repaired by third party repair shop without bricking the device. Throw away society with the myth instilled in us of 'recycling'. Biggest scam in history no one ever talks about.
1. most decent quality LED bulbs last ages, I've have the same one in flat since i moved in, still going just fine 6 years later. 2. incandescent bulbs arent inefficient because of their materials, but because the energy they use. my 6W LED bulb produces the same quantity of light as your 60W incandescent the rest of that energy is all turned to heat not light. My LED bulb can run for 10 hours, for the same power as yours consumes in 1hour. multiply that by how many lights in a home, and then how many homes in a country? roughtly 25m homes in the UK, each home would have an average of 5-10 lights (depending on size of home) that would. if every home had just 1 light on all at the same time, that's 1500Mwh of electricity.. VS 150Mwh of electricity for LED bulbs. or if we look at Co2 for that power based on UK average. that'll be 38.4 Tonnes of CO2 VS 3.8 Tonnes of Co2? just for 1 light bulb on in each house for an hour, but in reality many people have multiple lights on whilst they are home, and this doesn't include business properties. This is why incandescent bulbs are getting banned
Hmm, proper LEDs should last for 50000 hours so even if you ran it continuously 24/7, it should last you almost 6 years before replacement are you getting some cheap LED bulbs from shady manufacturers?
I had some Osram GU 5.3 LEDs that broke way too early. I switched to Philips and they seem to last way longer. Planned obsolescence isn't over, it's just hidden better.
This same reason also explains why iPhones break so easily and most old androids don’t. And every time a new iPhone drops they make old iPhones trash at the flip of a switch. No pun intended
@Gman Pman The only way to fix these problems is to use a different OS and with Apple you are stuck with IOS no matter what so jailbreaking will not help in the slightest if apple wants to do something! Android on the other hand has many custom roms/os to pick from.
Yeah i completely agree!, rather than using hardware obsolescence they instead use software obsolescence which progressively slows it down as soon as a new phone or tablet is released
@@nevinpawar2855 I know that's why I own a JCB phone the perfect phone no slow downs, a long battery life and comes with a thermal imaging camera what more could you ask for it's also pretty shatter proof also.
The good thing about being a handyman is that you can prolong useful life of LED lightbulbs by increasing the tuning resistance anywhere from 30 to 100% (assuming the LED power supply uses a tunable IC; if not, just add more resistance before the capacitive dropper). It will dim the light but it will last years and years - just like it was supposed to. Another thing one could do is add a bigger radiator (like the computer processor types) to keep the original brightness, but that is a more invasive procedure.
@@ethanschaefer8327 but older Android releases don't become obsolete instantly, you can live without problem with older Android versions, while apple restricts the use of older ios versions
That's probably the cheap electronics. They should make new lamps have the power supply in them, meant to be well made, efficient, and long lasting. Then the bulbs don't need as-cheap-as-possible voltage converters and regulators, but directly take a standardized low DC input.
I'm glad someone has finally come clean about Planned Obsolescence. My new frig has a life expectancy of 8 years--the one it replaced was bought in 1964, 58 years of work. The dryer is also 8 years, replacing the former dryer of 37 years and this goes on appliance after appliance. Now I'm retired and 71 years old and in debt replacing old appliances with ones not expected to last over 8-9 years. Where is the advantage to this customer?
@@yudistiraliem135 they're pretty comfortable actually, my one issue with them however is the durability of the straps. I usually use them when doing work outside my house. I don't have anything else that can withstand force without making my feet hurt.
@@yudistiraliem135 and yes they look like s****. And there are a lot of off brands here. If I were to estimate their price they are around 4-5 dollars. It been awhile since I've actually bought them, since they still function, and they look terrible.
Phone's usually have a lifecycle of 2 years. Why? Because most phone plans are 2 year plans. After that, consumers can sign a new plan which usually comes with a new phone. That's why companies usually release two very similar phones two years in a row, and a complete upgrade after that. It's simply to appeal to the new contracts. Look at any recent releases from apple, samsung and other major smartphone companies; most of them have two very similar looking phones for two years after each other, and after that they have some larger changes. It's smart as fuck, but also shady as fuck.
@@elwoodzmake I’m well aware of, and agree with, what was explained in the video. Apple has no right to sneak code into their OS that slows down older devices without making the user aware of it. Still doesn’t mean each consumer has to go to court to obtain the right to continue using their phone after a set amount of time though.
@@UnCoolDad really, seems like an awfully small time period for something so expensive... if I buy a fridge for 1K i can be comfortable for a few decades...
Its interesting how every UA-camr starts out with awesome interesting content, and as their following grows, they slowly move away from their roots(and the people who supported them from the beginning)
My Mother bought a tractor (the one we used for plowing and haying, not a lawn mower) back in the 70s. Still runs great, company went out of business in the 80s cause they didn't get any repeat customers.
There was a class action lawsuits against apple because of this. They'll gladly pay a few million though, it doesn't hurt them at all if they can continue with planned obsolescence and serialization
Thanks to the internet's rating system and product commentaries, i would never buy Apple and Samsung phones. Don't feel any pity towards people who buy that crap purely because it's trendy.
@@TheKidJake its not that the final product gives issues. It's mostly because of the way they find every avenue to charge you money. Dongles, adapters, new phones not coming with chargers. And as someone who was an apple repair tech, they make it so hard for a 3rd party to ever give you a repair. Nowadays if you don't have apple certified parts for the repair, the phone will detect it and say it's not compatible. They do this all for money. On one end its genious as a business owner but for the consumers it's just an over priced phone. Which I will add the only thing going for it is its security. Which quite frankly doesnt matter for the average consumer. But it does for the wealthy people hence why it makes sense for them to buy it
@@willboyheroify I have a Samsung and it has been a great phone, until T-Mobile changed their network and it happens to not be compatible. The bastards.
I've been calling this "the only flaw of capitalism" for years now. I still have a fridge from when my country was ruled by communists, and after over 30 years it still works just fine.
copyright and patent law are not facets of capitalism. this is the sort of thing that happens in a 'mixed' economy. under actual capitalism, cartels cannot form freely, and it would become a highly sought after position to have created a durable device
No, there are more flaws with capitalism. For example environmental pollution, exploitation of labour, and many more. There are good reasons why we need a government. A completely free market would be devastatingfor everyone in the end. We need some social securities (which the USA has way too less in my mind, im quite happy to live in germany and not in the US because of this), or safety precautions at work and much more, which I just can't think of all right now. As with many things, the best solution is in the middle. The right amount of capitalism and the right amount of socialism. Socialism sounds just so bad for americans, but it is a good thing as long as you still have a capitalistic economy. Socialism and capitalism are both the worst if it goes to the extremes.
I have an LED bulb down at the barn that's been on since I bought it about five years ago. Well except for various power outages of course. Best bulb I've ever bought, and the chickens seem to enjoy it as well. In case you're wondering, it's either a Philips A19 or a Cree because they're the only ones I have bought in 7+ years.
Interesting video. We have all known how things have become un repairable. Or not worth repairing as cost of repairs these days are often near to the price of new goods. But that is what worries me..... Millions upon millions of products all being cast into refuse. Some recyclable, some just abandoned and some in landfill. $1 and £1 stores exacerbate this problem to extreme. Selling bucket loads of badly made goods for next to nothing. Most of which end up in a bin on the very day of purchase. Looking forward to Thoughty2 next video covering environment V business ...
@@izzygarnelo It's a reference to the British science fiction series Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy, where the most powerful supercomputer in the universe calculates the meaning of the universe to be 42.
*The first Apple meeting after Steve Jobs died, text form* Humble man: "What do we do now? His designs were so innovative and his products were so reliable..." Greedy man: "It's simple. Ever seen that movie Back to the Future?" Humble man: "Yeah?" Greedy man: "Full speed ahead! We're going _Forward to the Past!"_
Apple were pretty bad at PO even under Steve Jobs. Like releasing the first iPhone omitting 3G despite 3G being well and truly established to then relaunch it again not long after with 3G
@@jonc-1989 yes... launch it again with 3g but don't include the best gizmos the previous version had, while convincing everyone that those gadgets weren't really useful. Then release another AFTER the re release, convincing those same people that the ones they have convinced them they didn't need, were needed and desired after all. The marketing and advertising departments spend billions a year per company to sell their product... instead of SAVING that same amount and just create a product they won't have to lie about being any good :)
@@jonc-1989 i can't sh*t on Apple too much. My sister and dad fell in love with it so maybe there's something there that I'm not seeing.. she buys the parents new gadgets for Christmas and what have you.
@@AnthonyRossJr1701 I tried a few times with Apple, I owned a 3GS, 4S and iPhone 6 plus an iPad Mini. I don't really see the appeal if I'm honest. Theyre not bad devices and Apple has some great designs. But it's form over function and they're always a few generations behind. Then when they do bring features that other phones have had for a while, they make it sound like they're really innovative.
My parents have a refrigerator and freezer that they bought in the 80’s that is still going strong to this day. While I’m on probably my 4th. The world runs on money. Dirty filthy money.
I have a GE refrigerator in my kitchen from the 40s or 50s. It still works. I've been through two refrigerators in the last ten years while this one old one just keeps chugging along.
Bro wtf. We bought a really nice modern refrigerator and has been working perfectly for some years already. You must be doing something wrong if you have already gone through 4.
Vape coils. They could be ceramic but then you wouldn't have to replace them every few weeks (or even more frequently). I went back on the fegs, because they're less hassle.
User-replaceable batteries to me are basically paramount to flip phones. While they probably do exist (not including moto-mods), I've never seen a smartphone with an easily replaceable user-friendly battery akin to flip phones.
Thanks for reminding me, all smartphone companies removed Audio jack, in order to force you into either buying their exclusive headphones or bluetooth ones.
He might get too much credit by the people who praised him or too little by people who hated him. He still sped up the invention of a great items that increases the speed of other inventions and increases produtivity of people around the world. He’s more of a manager less of an inventor than the stories people were told about him. And as usual managers make the money.
My LG G4 is still working just fine, with a replaceable battery, curved cinematic screen, headphone jack, infrared blaster, FM radio, great camera, and a few other things. It just became a little slow, but only because web sites pile on ever-more resource-consuming things, especially ads. Oh, and the thing is easy to fix with a single screwdriver. You can't imagine how fast it was to recharge that phone, by just popping off the back and inserting a fully charged battery - I always carried 2 phones and 4 batteries. As a professional truck driver I couldn't be out of touch with the company. Now, 5 years later and a box full of replaced batteries, I upgraded to the LG V60 dual screen, with audiophile DAC, audio jack, vibrant colors, and so much more, but those G4 s are always in a box ready to go into action. Yeah, 2 G4's died (I equipped my entire family with LG G4 phones), but such is life, the company's decision to use lead-free solder backfired, but all it takes is re-balling with leaded solder one day when I feel like it. No wonder LG is selling its cellphone division - it made really good phones, unlike the modern marvels that have to be replaced yearly and whose "updates" actually slow the phone down on purpose, to "incentivize" buying a new one.
I had to laugh because I got a car ad right before this vid and a Scotty Kilmer vid is next on my playlist. Car companies love to make up awards that they pay to give themselves like participation trophies (*cough* JD Powell). Meanwhile, they make more and more important parts out of brittle plastics, electronics that fail yet run everything, transmissions that die immediately after warranties expire, etc.
Yep. You basically only get an average of 5 years before you start getting problems. The fact that cars are now heavily run by electronics makes their durability more problems. Just a small spec of dust on one of your sensors then the whole thing start going haywire. This is why I want to fully restore my old Corolla since its durable as fuck and drive along the road and laugh at the new model cars as their cars break down from a broken sensor while my Corolla is running missing a spark plug.
@@orvetoralsolo7892 I don't understand what you mean by a "small spec of dust". MAF, TPS, MAP, O2, CPS, Knock, ABS, TMAP, Brake wear, Oil Level sensors don't go bad with a spec of dust. Most of these are needed to run an engine. A dust particle wont leave you on the side of the road. Or is there a sensor that I missed that will be bothered by it?
Just when I was getting too complacent and thinking that corporate greed isn't really *that* bad, I get get a wakeup call-yeah, it's really bad and it's not going away. Thanks, Thoughty2, I needed that…
These videos should be required viewing as part of the school curriculum. My M254DW HP printer recently auto updated it's drivers and decided to stop working 'to protect me from using the non HP cartridges' that I had fitted. No help from HP to fix this and I had to first install genuine cartriges (just to get past the error message on the printer) before using a hacker firmware downgrade supplied by a 3rd party cartridge supplier. Then I prevented my printer from auto updating. Interestingly, after the downgrade the printer then worked again with non standard cartriges but was aware they were non HP ones yet did not stop working. I read that HP had been in trouble for doing this in the past yet somehow they had 'mistakenly' caused it to happen again and were soooo sympathetic when I complained on FB. They weren't the ones who offered the firmware downgrade though............. And as for Apple?!? They are the absolute pits and I will NEVER buy any of their products............
well....this explains why everytime i have a lightbulb moment, it dies..
What a bright comment 😁
Can you illuminate me?
Nice
@Rasputin Potter
that's not gay, come on guy, it's not that bad.
This thread is getting really dark.
"Planned Obsolescence", it's been a business model for more than 60 years.
Which is why Grandma's old waffle Iron still works and the one you bought last year is now in a landfill.
Nah. Mine is like new after many many years.
I used it once.
They also sometimes make those same products “lifestyle” brands… or market them to be status symbols- so people will not only buy a new, not better, version- but they will pressure themselves to do so, feel better than in doing so, and look down on others for not. Not to mention the countless psychologically manipulative tactics.
@@michaelmiranda178 this. Basically this is why I hate consumer culture driven economics.
I still use an electric frying pan my mom got in the 1960's.
And now they have LED bulbs that last so long you need to wash them off because they last so long and don't produce heat that they gather dust and lint.
🤔 Planned obsolescence is also responsible for a lot of the tech junk filling up landfills and other wastes of resources that are contributing to the fall of our environment 🤷♂️
Have you checked out the pre-owned vehicle market lately?
Hear hear 👏. Imagine an EPA speaker stating it was coming down on the planned obsolescence scam. Pollution would be cut in half in a year. The EPA would be downsized to a desk, and the employee indirectly appointed by industry.
Just gonna ignore china and india ? Ok
@@howmuchbeforechamp haha where it’s a 50/50 chance it’s gonna break right out of the box... but the stuff is “so cheap” I guess people think it’s worth the gamble
@@aaronstepien2363 oh no wasnt talking about their products
Was refering to the obscene amount polution those countries produce but it is never talked about , at least by the layman
My parents' first toaster lasted 57 years, their second one, same make, lasted two.
Why buy a toaster at 76?
@Paranoid Drummer well assuming they were 18 when they were married (and that they got it as a wedding gift) q57 years later....i don't see a need for toast unless it was a second had toaster but that means it's a toaster from like the mid twenties.q
you mean same model, not make...if it was the same make, it would essentially last just as long
@@chaosreigns7386 I think he means same brand.
@@chaosreigns7386 umm, make is usually referred to as the manufacturer. The model is a specific product from the manufacturer.
Example:
Year: 1989
Make: Ford
Model: Mustang
Trim: LX
In other words, I’m assuming you have it backwards. Model is not the manufacturer.
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0:48 "companies don't exist to make the best product, they exist to make the most money"
We are being kept in the dark? Whoa, that sideswiped me.
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@@AxxLAfriku About as funny as the allies making Germans walk though mine fields. Why not try that for more laughs?
@@AxxLAfriku 🤦🏻♂️
@@AxxLAfriku Dude grow cause ur entertaining not cause u asked for it
@@AxxLAfriku Never seen you, probably never will. And if I do I doubt I'd watch it all of it or watch another one if the best you have to offer is a couple pretty "girlfriends". The fact you had to capitalize two, hot and girl proves to me you're not worth looking up.
I think of this every time my boyfriend complains about his phone bugging out or freezing up. We both have the same phone (iPhone 6s+) that we got back in 2015. Mine still runs as smoothly as the day I got it, whereas his is almost unusable. The only difference in our phones is that he continues to upgrade the iOS whereas mine is stuck on iOS 11 bc I refuse to update lol. Sure I might be missing a few emojis and am unable to download a few apps but it sure beats having to buy a new phone every year when mine still works perfectly after 5 years! I’ll never understand the consumer mentality of having to have a shiny new product every time something’s released when you can just be content with what you have if it still works just as well.
I never buy anything new until something finally breaks and you have to replace it. O have an iPhone 6S+ as well. so what if every 6 months they improve the camera 1 megapixel more LOL! The phone still sends texts and makes calls so why bother spending 1000's to get a new one when mine works just fine!
I distinctly remember when I first learned about planned obsolescence in elementary school. At that young age it was a traumatic experience to find out that adults would lie for money. I have not yet recovered - it has only gotten worse.
I'm guessing you went to a government school. And that they said that without letting you know about economics, although unsure a grade-schooler has much critical thinking potential in the first place. Most of them, anyways.
@@mstcrow5429 Apple admitted to planned obsolescence by slowing down their iPhones through updates. In the 60's a washing machine company admitted to not making replacement parts after intentionally designing a ratchet gear to last only five years, and then changed its brand name. Most companies don't want to make bad products because it gives their company a bad name, but there are other methods of planned obsolescence that aren't so evident, such as release of new items before the implementation of new technology, a "push" just so they can make more money off of both technologies. It may not be outright deception, but it isn't putting the customer first, it's putting the bottom line first. If you want to know the reality of planned obsolescence don't look at economics, look at the court cases. It's a real thing, but probably not a very prevalent practice.
@@derreckwalls7508 I think you'd find that putting the bottom line first usually also requires putting the customer first. As you alluded to, crap products sully a reputation, and it wouldn't be very easy to hide behind a new brand name anymore. 3D printing should also make replacement parts easier to reproduce, also from third-parties. A customer decides, generally, if a new product has good enough improvements in tech. Or they might be strange and want a car with more modern styling. You wouldn't believe how much older my car is compared to the average. And I can understand both law and economics.
I have a '96 Ford F-150 truck. It isn't obsolete yet, because I can still find parts for it, and it still gets me where I'm going.
@@derreckwalls7508 Ok, you have me beat by 4 years.
I absolutely despise planned obsolescence. There is little more despicable than the contemporary corporate nebula.
Fair, but if you think about it it's a surprisingly good way to keep an economy going. Imagine if many companies fail because their products were too good. Less investments in products would follow, meaning more expensive products of the same line or worse, have to be ordered individually. It's a necessary evil
Its the number one reason for environmental destruction and is never mentioned by any politician claiming to want to save the planet...
@@justasandvich7168 I really don’t think the function of the economy takes higher priority than whether or not we can survive on our home planet
@@brainypepper1621 you misunderstand. Its not corporate greed, its incentive to actually help a business afloat. Even the most honest salesman will go bankrupt if his wares are too good no one buys from him again.
If you sell computers for example. The total number of sales you can make will only be equal to roughly your town or city population. You have to stop making computers after that cause hardly anyone will need to buy. Its basic economics
If you want to save the planet you shouldnt be buying anything in the first place. It's apples and orangea
I don't believe it's necessary I think the economy would go on just fine. They would just find other ways to make money. There would be less junk and better technology.
What's funny is that this is considered a "conspiracy theory" even though all the documents and proof is there.
giggles...Everyone should already know that manufacturing intentionally innovates everything to only last a certain amount of time. It ist NOT "fraud" unless the manufacturers "Literally" claim something will last forever, but it truly doesn't. There
ist NO conspiracy involved, only ignorance of the consumers who believe otherwise.
"Literal" ist "Literacy".
Oh Great!!!...My payment finally arrived from Bohemian Grove. :-)
Who still calls is conspiracy theory? Really, phoebus cartel is well known.
Thats what they want us too keep thinking..
This isn't even a Conspiracy Theory, it is more like Conspiracy Fact
A proven fact can't be a conspiracy theory. This practice is very common. Consumers hate it, but never really do anything about it, so companies keep doing it.
I worked for a roofer one summer. He had a state contract to work on a school and he told me to use less "glue" because we want the shingles to come off sooner rather than later so we can come back and get more work. I was pretty disgusted; it left an ugly burn in my mind.
I would probably rather get fired than do something like that.
@Oussamatha I certainly would. I have before. It’s not fun but I’m not willing to behave like scum just to live more comfortably.
@TardyInd 123 (takes shot of soy sauce)
They know about the spice.
Probably why I can't get a job becuase I won't tow what anyone says. Personally I would never do that, I'll just flat out lie & hopefully get fired later.
Glue on shingles? There's your problem right there...
My dad used to tell me and he thought manufacturers put a Killswitch in products were they could just hit a button even from a factory to make it malfunction
Lmao, what a fool. But they are designed to not last as long as they could.
well, for iphones and things like that, they would be able to do pretty much that
He's not far wrong. There was a a case on watchdog some years ago where a burglar alarm company got caught making there units fail after warranty runs out. Also some super car manufactures also have a time limit on a lot of parts despite mileage
Yeah, it's called a "software update". Wasn't Apple prosecuted for creating updates for iOS that deliberately made older products run slowly and drained the battery quickly, making you buy a new device? (I've never had an iPhone, but I do still have an iPod Touch).
@@sunnyjim1355
Thanks for calling my father a fool he died four years ago he was a good man, he provided for and loved his family.
Many people think foolish things some people think the Earth is flat
who has been watching his vids since before he had a moustache with the white background and the suit?
Found him only 2 months ago, I got a lot of catching up to do🙂
I remember being a bit disappointed when he stopped wearing the suit. I still wish he would bring it back.
@@Porkey_Minch people used to say "imagine him only wearing the upper part of the suit and not wearing any trousers underneath😂
🙋🙋🙋🙋I miss the suit!
I started just a month or 2 before it started, I wasn't subscribed when one showed up with his mustache so I went back to my history and the searched his name to compare and saw that the mustache was indeed new. I'm only now getting used to it but prefer the old look he had.
I really love old sewing machines as the are made to last , I have 3 that I use for my profession , one is over 100 the others are over 50 , still going strong .
Dictionary:
Planned Obsolescence- Synonymous to "Apple Products"
A year or decades from now.
My 4 year old iPhone works great, what about your 4 year old Android phone?
@@yukondave8389 I think you missed the point. I can repair my android phone whenever something is broken. But, if your phone is damaged in any way, you can't repair from a third-party. Besides, parts are becoming unavailable. iPhones do serve better, there is no doubt, but accidents happen, what's your argument there?
@@yukondave8389 I had my galaxy s4 active for 6 years so🤷♂️ everyone else I knew with iPhones either had broken screens or shit batteries after a couple years.
No, just "Products"
The real loser in this deal is the planet and future generations.
"The planet has been around for billions of years it's fine the people are fucked"
Bruh
@@jamesagwe2981 we'll be fine
@@jamesagwe2981
100%.
This is how we became a “just replace it” society. Repair people jobs fall to the wayside because companies would rather just keep selling new units rather than just parts to fix a machine. The problem with the human race is the (human) part, humans are terrible to each other.
I was wondering if you were going to cover the printer inkjet scam - good catch! I've known also about PO for years, but very interesting about the Phoebus Cartel - hadn't come across it before. Thanks for posting (wink).
How the fuck you post this14 hours ago?
@@jasoncates2895 lmao probably goes live for patreon first
PO has backfired spectacularly also e.g. the American Auto Industry in the 80s. K-Cars, which are credited for saving Chrysler (for the short term,) had 5 digit odometers that reset to 0 after 99,999. Not surprising that Toyota and Honda ate their lunch.
You a hacker?
For some unknown reason, I get my Patreon and YT notices back-to-back in my email - pretty much within a minute of each other. This YT posting was even stranger - when I clicked to watch, it was posted as "Unlisted" and no one had commented yet (I usually am far from the first to comment or view), so I was the first to comment. I viewed around 5pm Central time, so who knows? Mysteries of the Mustache!
Car companies have been doing this for years
Car companies make light Bulbs?
On a planet of finite resources, planned obselescence should be regarded as a crime agsinst humanity.
Most of the cars I have owned were used cars as new cars are very expensive to buy.
@@Competitive_Antagonist lol, no. Car companies have switched from metal made to mostly plastic made so it wears/breaks down easier. So the customer has to keep paying for parts/service or replace the car entirely.
I mean.. after about 100-ish years trucks are still rusting out in the same locations. *disgusted*
"planned obsolescence brings tax dollars to..." *Looks at the billions of tax dollars being dodged by huge companies*
Taxes are never paid by corporations. It just gets rolled into the product costs. So the more they tax corporations the more they tax you. Taxation is theft. Same thing with printed money.
@@thegloriousryius
Nonsense.
@@thegloriousryius if we all commit tax fraud they can’t stop us. What are they gonna do? Send all of us to prisons paid with taxes?? Like lol no
@@davidsenderodelsanto Nothing he said is nonsense. You must be a progressive liberal.
"CoRpOrAtIoNs ArE GrEeDy! TaX tHeM mOrE!"
They don't pay the taxes, they just pass them down in product cost. Poor people and middle class pay the taxes.
"No! OnCe We TaX tHeM tHeY wOn'T bE gReEdY aNyMoRe AnD tHeY wIlL jUsT eAt ThE eXpEnSeS!"
Liberals/Socialists lack all common sense. They hang on one sentence that tickles their pickle and never see past their hand. Near sighted dolts.
@@mrziiz6893 Good luck with that. You can't get 10 random people in a video game to follow directions. Or get all people to wear a mask.
This is so true, specially when you consider that "planned obsolescence" does not exist on Spacecrafts send beyond Earth orbit. In spite of the extreme conditions of outer space, most spacecraft materials and functionality extent way longer than predicted: the Galileo mission lasted 8 years longer than expected, Cassini lasted 16 years longer than expected, the Martians rovers Spirit & Opportunity lasted 15 years out of 90-days each planned mission.... come on! When human kind decide to build, they can indeed built to last
"Electric lights in your home so cheap, only the wealthy will use candles "
Thomas Edison.
Just like how cars have become so cheap, only rich people have horses now.
Edison probably stole that quote.
Like he did EVERY invention he took credit for.
Also the Danish.
@@kozakos1999 horses have always been expensive as fuck
@@StevioGaming1 I don't know much about cars or horses but I'm pretty sure the resources needed to maintain a horse is much more expensive than just keeping a car. For a horse, you need some land for it to roam about, you need a shit ton of food; for a car, you just need a garage (or not if you can just park outside your home), gas and the usual maintenance.
I think this is easily one of my favorite videos of yours.
4 years ago LED bulb boxing often included "lasts for 15 years" "15 year lifespan"
Not only has that marketing vanished the last 2 years, not a single one of the dozen bulbs i bought back then lasted more than 2 years.
Which is still better than the 3-6months incandescent bulbs lasted.
Technically, the LED itself will last that long. It's the circuitry that controls it that dies from heatsoak, mainly because of the minor voltage fluctuations that we experience.
that's bad for an LED. Mine have lasted much longer. We maybe change 1 or 2 out of the 20+ lamps every year at home.
A LED bulb which burns out that quickly is badly designed. Properly designed, a LED bulb should last for roughly 10 years, and when it fails it will usually be the control electronics which fail rather than the LED.
@@melkiorwiseman5234 my LCD monitor has 10 years and works just as it did when was brand new
LCD screens have a LED backlight most of times, doesn't it?
My stepmother bought a refrigerator in 1950 , three years before I was born . And here we are in 2022 and we are both still going strong !
this happens all the time. I have worked for a very large construction and agricultural machine manufacturer, I oversaw the warranty department of north and south america, and all the components of the different machines were designed specifically to fail just outside of the warranty period. Some things are setup to fail during certain applications that the machines are designed to do. such as backdragging. this is when you drag the bucket across a surface to flatten and smooth it out. They installed somewhat faulty anti-cavitation systems on the hydraulics.
"The light bulb was invented by Thomas Edison...just kidding" lmao you got me
@@Willam_J haha so did mine - I thought for a second, "Well so much for me being subscribed to Thoughty2"
A great "Businessman"
Many of his patents were stolen from others
@Kristy Anne Exactly. Edison invented very little himself. He got other people to do it for him and then he put his name on it.
I like Samsung. I only paid 150 for a 700 phone by getting a refurbished one. It's a Galaxy 7 and I believe they just released a 20. When this one starts acting like the free upgrade Galaxy 4 I used to have, randomly shutting down and draining the new battery, I'll buy the oldest refurbished Galaxy available straight from Samsung again for hundreds less because I couldn't care less about having the latest that's been costing about 900- 1,000 out here in the U.S.
Refurbished androids tend to be very cheap.
The 20 is really the 11. So your only 4 years behind. Not that long. The 7 is still a decent phone for day yo day usage
dude i just got my note 9, 3 months ago refurbished. my originals screen cracked. my battery lasts maybe 3 hours of use. doesn't last 1 full day without use.
i will be doing metro and cricket swaps every other year with their free phone
And then it EXPLODES!!!
It's easier to fool consumers, than convince the consumer that they've been fooled. 😉
Are you by any chance hinting at consumers of closely unspecified "bitten fruit" company? 😅
I wonder if that could apply to elections...
@@rinzler9775 dont open that cam of worms 😂 not here anyway
@@stuartronald9785 yeah, I mean, it wouldnt make sense that an opposition who owns a company who manufactures say, the dominion vote counting machines could engineer in a bias...
The game industry does this all the time, see stupid shit like season passes and pre ordering.
I remember changing my halogen bulb in around 2011 and the packaging said 10 000 hours and just recently replaced that with one that has only 2000 hours with no other options 😣 bruh moment there
I accidentally click on videos from this channel once every 3 or so months and get glimpses of our guy slowly becoming a lumberjack
15:33 And that's why fines for misdeeds should by law be a % of the previous quarter's profits, not some flat rate. If it doesn't actually noticeably sting then it's just a minor cost of doing business. I would have fined Apple $2-3B to where it would take 5 WEEKS to get that back, not 5 hours.
I agree, but even 5 weeks is not enough.
@@sirmounted8499 It's enough to be a deterrent. You want to punish them, not bankrupt or close them.
YOU DON'T GET IT........THESE COMPANIES PAY THE POLITICIANS........CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS........GRATUITIES LIKE TRIPS TO EPSTEINS ISLAND. THESE COMPANIES CONTROL THE LEGISLATION AND LANGUAGE OF LAWS........AND WHAT GETS ENFORCED..........ITS SCRIPTED THEATRE & ALL AN ILLUSION
Wasn't Volkswagen fine 33 billion for dicking around with the emissions program on their diesels? That is a pretty stiff penalty
@@fvckyoutubescensorshipandt2718 yes actually, I do want to bankrupt companies like this and make an example of them.
14:24 Unrepairable by consumer *coughs cough apple cough cough.
That's where I lost it.
Don’t apologize for exposing Apple . Their products are great but I believe that their business practices are very suspect.
"Engineers are equipped with technology better than ever before" is the equivalent of saying "time moves forwards"
there are times when that isnt true. like the dark ages.
Technology doesn’t always move forward
@@osmanmohammad9118 Tech always move forward, but every time it does, it loses all the efficiencies gained in the last round.
Think all the advances made to CFL lamps, then we get LEDs, LEDs are only now getting more efficient, soon some new tech is going to be launched.
The idea of going forward is just changing for the sake of change, going backward would be using what we already have.
We didn't need really needed LED lights, CFL was good enough, LED is only marginally better.
We don't know what we don't know. We likely have the most complex tech ever but 'better' is rather subjective wording.. ;]
It's part of the narrative / prose , I guess he could talk like a robot but hey let's keep the winning formula as it is, unless you are willing to make your own informative and funny UA-cam video shut up mate
people cry about plastic straws while they carry disposable phones
When I was a kid in the 80s, I rarely remember any incandescent light bulbs in our house blowing. Once I moved out on my own, I found myself constantly changing them. With the proliferation of CF and LED bulbs, I immediately switched every one.
Also, headset manufacturers are notorious for planned obsolescence.
Built to break, the true way businesses grow these days!
I think it's Ford who says their trucks are built to last, but i doubt that. all appliances are computerized and can just self-destruct with some internal program logic if they wish. cynical but who's going to find out?
@@markyouneva7840 if you disassemble and reverse engineer it you could find out, idk
@@markyouneva7840 Ford are designed to break lolol just check your air bags
so that we keep buying them 💀
Literally as simple as that. That is the only real reason NOTHING is built to last.
LMAO you guys are still using light bulbs??? Just drink glow in the dark paint untill your skin starts to glow, like I did.
Light is but the absence of darkness
@@Puddles. I used the grow stick liquid
Well they need money 💰
*buys bulbs that claim to last year's*
*Breaks within 3 weeks*
I've been cursed with light bulbs, it's like everytime I flip a switch they break, lamps, ceiling lights, everything they break far too easy but the lightbulb in my lamp has been going strong for ages now, still get scared everytime I flip that switch.
It might be because you have power fluctuation in your wiring
I bought my LED bulb from a brand that was not in the phoebus.
That was 2016.
The burnouts where you turn the power on might be power surges. I wouldn't put it past a scam.
@@saulerius Lived in 4 houses different bulbs different houses :(
@Richard Hopkins Doesn't everything?
The documentary "The Lightbulb Conspiracy" has been around for a fair while.
Most things are designed to break, to where you can't fix, must replace.
When is last time you met repair guy or even seen a tv repair shop. Remember the maytag man.
@J-dayday my car thinks that driver side door is not closed due to failed light receptor but they designed it so that if you were to replace it you need to replace whole locking mechanism. I wasn't going to pay 245$ for a failed 2$ component so i opted to cut the wires leading up to the receptor and connect it to a new one (one that wasn't manufactured for the car because you cannot buy it) and taped to reflector to it. Now the car thinks the door is closed at all times but radio doesn't work and service light pops up now and then. Retail service doesnt know what i did but they were able to fix the radio problem by connecting my car to a computer.
Original title : Lightbulbs Are Designed to Die Quickly.This is Why.
@@JanyaAndromedaGalactic it's only been 15 minutes bro
Original title : Lightbulbs Are Designed to Die Quickly.This is Why.
@@JanyaAndromedaGalactic just in case
@@JanyaAndromedaGalactic you know it will
Lightbulbs Are Designed to Break. This is Why.
(1st change)
Me: "But we have expensive LED lights now. They're build to last longer. Right?"
3 out of 4 of my Osram GU 5.3 LEDs: "Well, three years gotta be enough."
Gotta be careful if they're 12V DC, because cheap AC to DC power supplies are designed for the 50W lights, and anything less than that the voltage rises. Because LEDs generally don't have inbuilt voltage regulation, the voltage above the rated voltage will mean the light burn brighter and hotter.
The hotter it gets, the sooner it burns out.
This isn't a problem for AC LEDs, but with 12V DC supposedly safer, cheap power supplies are shoved out into the market.
It's easier to reduce the lifespan of a led light bulb than a filament, because of the electrics that drive the power. LEDs are sensitive to high voltages, more than 0.1volts of their maximum operational voltage can destroy the led, and driving the led with 80% of their maximum power (instead of 99%) with a stable voltage will increase the lifespan to about 2 to 3 times.
@@ratemisia I didn't research the numbers at the time when I made the comment. I misspelled electrics, should be electronics. By destroyed, I mean to be damage and output less than 30% of the light.
The 0.1 volts is probably OK for most of the LEDs, and it is for LED diodes, not LED light bulb. The LEDs power increases a lot for a small amount of extra voltage.
lednique.com/current-voltage-relationships/iv-curves/
From this site, we can see that a green light works with 12ma @ 1.96v = 23.52 mWatts.
If we increase the voltage by 0.1, we get about 14ma @ 2.06v = 28.84 mWatts, +22% power and this should work.
If we increase the voltage by 0.3, we get about 18ma @ 2.26v = 40.68 mWatts, +72% power and this should damage the LED.
The current influence the lifespan of the LED, and the lifespan VS current is dependent on the LED. The numbers that I gave was for a LED that I search years ago, I found other articles:
Here is a research article:
www.researchgate.net/publication/333990828_Current-induced_degradation_and_lifetime_prediction_of_310_nm_ultraviolet_light-emitting_diodes
"5. SUMMARY It was found that the cube of the operation current density is a scaling factor for the time dependency of the optical power of 310 nm UV LEDs. This means that the current density strongly affects the lifetime of these devices. For example, halving the current density increases the lifetime by a factor of 8".
This second one is for a different white LED:
www.digikey.com/en/articles/determining-led-rated-life-a-tricky-challenge
The current alone didn't do much for about 7000 hours. I think the total lifespan should be more than 7000 hours, and they didn't show until the end of his life. So it's incomplete.
6:38 lol where do you get this B-roll footage
It's absolutely incredible that Thougty2 has ro educate anyone on this issue. My 4x486 pre-pentium computer lasted 14 years.
Weird coincidence....I was just talking about planned obsolescence with someone at work. He said that he never heard of the terminology before but knew that the concept existed. Then I got home and started watching these vids...def gonna show him this tomorrow when he gets in.
Me and a friend tried to tell his girlfriend about planned obsolescence; she thought it was too outrageous to be true and refused to believe us. 😂
what a frail civilization to have such technological frailty...
Pls Mr Alien, give us Fusion Power already and just nuke the Oil Industry leaders
@@HOLDENPOPE I agree with that 100%. If we don't break away from reliance on crude oil I believe we'll be stuck in a rut as far as technology/society goes.
We would have to kill capitalism in order to break away from this self-destructive cycle. People are made to value money, which in reality is nothing but an overbearing and inflated belief system, more than life itself. A tree is way more valuable where it stands that the money it's cut down and made into. If people stop believing in what money can do it would simply become as valuable as toilet paper. It's part of this matrix we are born into and don't question. Without money we would be in a position to value each other based on capability, character, and connections. True communities where everyone contibutes and supports one another. If something needs to be done, you all get together and do it instead of spending time on figuring out how much it's going to cost and then not do it b/c it's too expensive. Perfect example is cleaning our oceans. Who cares what it will cost to clean them... just do it! Our oceans are a necessity!
@@TRIPPMUZIKPAGE Sounds realistic
@@HOLDENPOPE Will ruin the global economy if we drop oil. Greed, power thing.
I clicked on this video right when youtube went down, and honestly I probably got more upset then I should, but today was the first time in all honesty I don't know how long that I ate dinner without watching a video in the background
14:19 Man you have no idea how much I laughed at this 🤣
It's sad that you ended the video trying to make Planned Obsolescence seem like a good thing.
Yeah we would not need most of the taxes if stuff didn't keep breaking.
14:22 😂i was waiting through the whole video to hear that XD
The biggest reason the "Centennial" bulb has lasted for so long is because it never gets switched off. 95% of the time, when electronics fail, it's at the moment they are switched on. By never switching it off, you only have to switch it on the one time. Truly, one the worst things you can do to a piece of electronic equipment is switch it on.
what about hard disks?
should i leave my pc on 24 hours?
@@JacReviewsStuff disk can also fail when turned off. That's why SSDs are more reliable. But you should turn off your computer when not in use so your ram and cache can clear. But computers also run the risk of breaken when turned on
Not to mention if we pumped large amounts of power though that bulb it would likely blow out in a matter of seconds. Turn a modern bulb down to the power of a candle and that thing will likely last 1000+ years or more.
Especially if is an Apple device.
Its sad really. Humanity is dead set on betraying itself
World wants to be fooled
It's simply because of greed.
As is the nature of the human species is to destroy itself
I've had a lamp with incandescent bulb in it still going since when I was a kid (going on 20 years).
The "green" led lights I've got now last maybe 6 months before the voltage converter or LED itself packs it in.
How is it "green" to replace a bulb 1-2 times a year JAM PACKED full of electronics?
But my glass dome with a filament that's lasted near 20 years is "bad for the environment"...?
They do not care about the environment, they care about getting as much money as possible.
Take Apple with their travesty of locking down and serialising electrical components in their devices so they can not be replace or repaired by third party repair shop without bricking the device.
Throw away society with the myth instilled in us of 'recycling'.
Biggest scam in history no one ever talks about.
U are very right
1. most decent quality LED bulbs last ages, I've have the same one in flat since i moved in, still going just fine 6 years later.
2. incandescent bulbs arent inefficient because of their materials, but because the energy they use. my 6W LED bulb produces the same quantity of light as your 60W incandescent the rest of that energy is all turned to heat not light.
My LED bulb can run for 10 hours, for the same power as yours consumes in 1hour.
multiply that by how many lights in a home, and then how many homes in a country?
roughtly 25m homes in the UK, each home would have an average of 5-10 lights (depending on size of home)
that would. if every home had just 1 light on all at the same time, that's 1500Mwh of electricity.. VS 150Mwh of electricity for LED bulbs.
or if we look at Co2 for that power based on UK average. that'll be 38.4 Tonnes of CO2 VS 3.8 Tonnes of Co2?
just for 1 light bulb on in each house for an hour, but in reality many people have multiple lights on whilst they are home, and this doesn't include business properties.
This is why incandescent bulbs are getting banned
Hmm, proper LEDs should last for 50000 hours so even if you ran it continuously 24/7, it should last you almost 6 years before replacement are you getting some cheap LED bulbs from shady manufacturers?
I had some Osram GU 5.3 LEDs that broke way too early. I switched to Philips and they seem to last way longer. Planned obsolescence isn't over, it's just hidden better.
Excellent point and excellent vid.
Years ago products were designed to last. Now products are designed to be replaced.
Every episode I wonder who the hell does he get the small fillers so well edited.
It’s spot on end joyful to see.
Edison also took credit for many of his employee's work.
This same reason also explains why iPhones break so easily and most old androids don’t. And every time a new iPhone drops they make old iPhones trash at the flip of a switch. No pun intended
Actually this is true, for example Apple got caught a few years back slowing down older phones to supposedly save the older phones battery life lol.
@Gman Pman The only way to fix these problems is to use a different OS and with Apple you are stuck with IOS no matter what so jailbreaking will not help in the slightest if apple wants to do something! Android on the other hand has many custom roms/os to pick from.
It's amazing how customers worship at the Altar of Apple. If their phones break, they assume it is their fault, not Apple's.
Finally, iPhone owners have been given a DOSE OF REALITY.
Haha your idea is very accurate
Yeah i completely agree!, rather than using hardware obsolescence they instead use software obsolescence which progressively slows it down as soon as a new phone or tablet is released
when he said "companies make the worst product possible that people still buy"
I thought of no one else besides Apple
Samsung has also started it now
@@nevinpawar2855 I know that's why I own a JCB phone the perfect phone no slow downs, a long battery life and comes with a thermal imaging camera what more could you ask for it's also pretty shatter proof also.
The good thing about being a handyman is that you can prolong useful life of LED lightbulbs by increasing the tuning resistance anywhere from 30 to 100% (assuming the LED power supply uses a tunable IC; if not, just add more resistance before the capacitive dropper). It will dim the light but it will last years and years - just like it was supposed to.
Another thing one could do is add a bigger radiator (like the computer processor types) to keep the original brightness, but that is a more invasive procedure.
Thanks for enlighting us as to the extent of this neferious corporate scheme. Your videos are always awesome! Keep up the good work!
The world: "Selling lightbulbs that will break!!!! what scum." Apple: *laughs obsolescencely..........*
Break
Light bulbs don't have wheels so they don't need to *brake*. ;-)
braking lightbulbs... no wonder why that technology has never been used
I mean all the rest of phone companies are worse. At least apple will support their devices for more then a year or two
@@ethanschaefer8327
but older Android releases don't become obsolete instantly, you can live without problem with older Android versions, while apple restricts the use of older ios versions
Louis Rossmann: IKR!
Yeah, I was thinking about Louis' channel when watching this.
The early fluorescent and LED bulbs lasted a long time, but I have had newer ones die quicker than the old incandescents.
That's probably the cheap electronics. They should make new lamps have the power supply in them, meant to be well made, efficient, and long lasting. Then the bulbs don't need as-cheap-as-possible voltage converters and regulators, but directly take a standardized low DC input.
I'm glad someone has finally come clean about Planned Obsolescence. My new frig has a life expectancy of 8 years--the one it replaced was bought in 1964, 58 years of work. The dryer is also 8 years, replacing the former dryer of 37 years and this goes on appliance after appliance. Now I'm retired and 71 years old and in debt replacing old appliances with ones not expected to last over 8-9 years. Where is the advantage to this customer?
I love this guy !!!! I smoke a fat blunt !!!! I get into a trance and I’m listening 👂!!! I love it
Brings a new meaning to day light robbery
Plot twist: He actually is saying "Hey, 42 here.", he's just using his accent to cover it up.
I guess because my late mother was English, I always heard him say, "42 here".
how is this relevant to the video?
This is also why Crocs didn't have many sales for a couple years. They sold lots, and everyone still has their crocs.
They are also unsafed for some condition and looks pretty ugly for their price. Which is why I don’t get them
@@yudistiraliem135 they're pretty comfortable actually, my one issue with them however is the durability of the straps. I usually use them when doing work outside my house. I don't have anything else that can withstand force without making my feet hurt.
@@yudistiraliem135 and yes they look like s****. And there are a lot of off brands here. If I were to estimate their price they are around 4-5 dollars. It been awhile since I've actually bought them, since they still function, and they look terrible.
Check out the book, ‘The Hidden Persuaders’ when I read it, the point about it that made my blood run cold was the publication date.
14:20 & 14:25 these are the reasons I love your videos
Phone's usually have a lifecycle of 2 years. Why? Because most phone plans are 2 year plans. After that, consumers can sign a new plan which usually comes with a new phone. That's why companies usually release two very similar phones two years in a row, and a complete upgrade after that. It's simply to appeal to the new contracts.
Look at any recent releases from apple, samsung and other major smartphone companies; most of them have two very similar looking phones for two years after each other, and after that they have some larger changes. It's smart as fuck, but also shady as fuck.
@@UnCoolDad after having to go to court numerous times...
@@elwoodzmake why would you need to go to court to use your phone after a certain amount of time?
@@jaccurtis5789 consumer protection, pruposeful degradation. I think enough was explained in the video, stop playing stupid to fanboy around...
@@elwoodzmake I’m well aware of, and agree with, what was explained in the video. Apple has no right to sneak code into their OS that slows down older devices without making the user aware of it. Still doesn’t mean each consumer has to go to court to obtain the right to continue using their phone after a set amount of time though.
@@UnCoolDad really, seems like an awfully small time period for something so expensive... if I buy a fridge for 1K i can be comfortable for a few decades...
Its interesting how every UA-camr starts out with awesome interesting content, and as their following grows, they slowly move away from their roots(and the people who supported them from the beginning)
popularity is poisonous to the humble human being.
When you get older, the Tar drop experiment and the lightbulb livestream is up there with having a good bowel movement and sneezing.
My Mother bought a tractor (the one we used for plowing and haying, not a lawn mower) back in the 70s. Still runs great, company went out of business in the 80s cause they didn't get any repeat customers.
Anyone who’s updated their iPhone only to find its battery now lasts 25-50% less seemingly overnight knows this practice is very much still in use.
There was a class action lawsuits against apple because of this. They'll gladly pay a few million though, it doesn't hurt them at all if they can continue with planned obsolescence and serialization
Thanks to the internet's rating system and product commentaries, i would never buy Apple and Samsung phones.
Don't feel any pity towards people who buy that crap purely because it's trendy.
I will never buy an Apple product. Anyone who does has more dollars than sense.
Samsung is a really good phone. I like the google pixel the most tho
I like apple products and have never had any planned obsolescence issues 🦫
@@TheKidJake its not that the final product gives issues. It's mostly because of the way they find every avenue to charge you money. Dongles, adapters, new phones not coming with chargers. And as someone who was an apple repair tech, they make it so hard for a 3rd party to ever give you a repair. Nowadays if you don't have apple certified parts for the repair, the phone will detect it and say it's not compatible. They do this all for money. On one end its genious as a business owner but for the consumers it's just an over priced phone. Which I will add the only thing going for it is its security. Which quite frankly doesnt matter for the average consumer. But it does for the wealthy people hence why it makes sense for them to buy it
@@willboyheroify I have a Samsung and it has been a great phone, until T-Mobile changed their network and it happens to not be compatible. The bastards.
Ink Cartridges: The Lightbulb wasn't the only thing that was suppose to run out prematurely, you see ᶦᵐ ᵃⁿ ᶦᵐᵖᵒˢᵗᵉʳ ᵗᵒᵒ *Dies*
I've been calling this "the only flaw of capitalism" for years now. I still have a fridge from when my country was ruled by communists, and after over 30 years it still works just fine.
copyright and patent law are not facets of capitalism. this is the sort of thing that happens in a 'mixed' economy. under actual capitalism, cartels cannot form freely, and it would become a highly sought after position to have created a durable device
@@johncounts2182 actual 100% free markets is as fanciful as communism anyway. In which case communism would be preferable
@@anarchyorslavery1616 a baseless assertion. I would direct you to the works of the great Bob Murphy, Tom Woods, and others from the mises institute.
No, there are more flaws with capitalism. For example environmental pollution, exploitation of labour, and many more. There are good reasons why we need a government. A completely free market would be devastatingfor everyone in the end. We need some social securities (which the USA has way too less in my mind, im quite happy to live in germany and not in the US because of this), or safety precautions at work and much more, which I just can't think of all right now.
As with many things, the best solution is in the middle. The right amount of capitalism and the right amount of socialism.
Socialism sounds just so bad for americans, but it is a good thing as long as you still have a capitalistic economy.
Socialism and capitalism are both the worst if it goes to the extremes.
@@JonesP77 that's all fine and dandy for people like you who want to live in a state. I don't; I want anarchy lol.
I have an LED bulb down at the barn that's been on since I bought it about five years ago. Well except for various power outages of course. Best bulb I've ever bought, and the chickens seem to enjoy it as well.
In case you're wondering, it's either a Philips A19 or a Cree because they're the only ones I have bought in 7+ years.
Interesting video. We have all known how things have become un repairable. Or not worth repairing as cost of repairs these days are often near to the price of new goods. But that is what worries me..... Millions upon millions of products all being cast into refuse. Some recyclable, some just abandoned and some in landfill. $1 and £1 stores exacerbate this problem to extreme. Selling bucket loads of badly made goods for next to nothing. Most of which end up in a bin on the very day of purchase. Looking forward to Thoughty2 next video covering environment V business ...
forever i thought he says “hey 42 here”. now i realize he is saying “Thoughty2 here”
Funny cause for years, I never heard "42". I always heard "thoughty2" and a friend of mine told me its a pun and its supposed to sound like 42
@@izzygarnelo yeah, I think he did it cuz 42 is the answer to the universe/everything
@@James42_ So what significance does 42 have? Link to another video?
@@izzygarnelo It's a reference to the British science fiction series Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy, where the most powerful supercomputer in the universe calculates the meaning of the universe to be 42.
lol me too til i read it
*The first Apple meeting after Steve Jobs died, text form*
Humble man: "What do we do now? His designs were so innovative and his products were so reliable..."
Greedy man: "It's simple. Ever seen that movie Back to the Future?"
Humble man: "Yeah?"
Greedy man: "Full speed ahead! We're going _Forward to the Past!"_
Apple were pretty bad at PO even under Steve Jobs. Like releasing the first iPhone omitting 3G despite 3G being well and truly established to then relaunch it again not long after with 3G
@@jonc-1989 yes... launch it again with 3g but don't include the best gizmos the previous version had, while convincing everyone that those gadgets weren't really useful. Then release another AFTER the re release, convincing those same people that the ones they have convinced them they didn't need, were needed and desired after all. The marketing and advertising departments spend billions a year per company to sell their product... instead of SAVING that same amount and just create a product they won't have to lie about being any good :)
@@AnthonyRossJr1701 Apple are amazing at making people believe they're getting a good product 🙂 well, a product that's better than it is
@@jonc-1989 i can't sh*t on Apple too much. My sister and dad fell in love with it so maybe there's something there that I'm not seeing.. she buys the parents new gadgets for Christmas and what have you.
@@AnthonyRossJr1701 I tried a few times with Apple, I owned a 3GS, 4S and iPhone 6 plus an iPad Mini. I don't really see the appeal if I'm honest. Theyre not bad devices and Apple has some great designs. But it's form over function and they're always a few generations behind. Then when they do bring features that other phones have had for a while, they make it sound like they're really innovative.
My parents have a refrigerator and freezer that they bought in the 80’s that is still going strong to this day. While I’m on probably my 4th. The world runs on money. Dirty filthy money.
I have a GE refrigerator in my kitchen from the 40s or 50s. It still works. I've been through two refrigerators in the last ten years while this one old one just keeps chugging along.
what type of refrigerator are you using? I have been using a 200$ chinese fridge since 2012 a without a single problem
Bro wtf. We bought a really nice modern refrigerator and has been working perfectly for some years already. You must be doing something wrong if you have already gone through 4.
@@hellodumplings8564 You must just be lucky. Sometimes people get lucky, sometimes they get unlucky.
Vape coils. They could be ceramic but then you wouldn't have to replace them every few weeks (or even more frequently). I went back on the fegs, because they're less hassle.
No wonder why my bulbs were given 2 years maximum life warranty
I'm watching this on an Acer laptop, bought in 2012.
Ayyy, me too! And my truck is older than I am. Some of us don't drink the koolade.
I'm watching on an original, second hand Sony Xperia smartphone
I got this MacBook in 2007.
Are you poor
@@raptorgrade5919 I got one from 2005
Ight, time to make my own light bulb for my home.
“To stop making batteries user-replaceable”
Me who has a Motorola with a battery that needs to be put in when you buy the phone: ._.
Well, this video wasnt made 20 years ago 😉
Do not insult the 2019 Motorola
I can throw it against a wall - not a crack on the screen
@@ataphelicopter5734 So, a self defence weapon I suppose. 😆
User-replaceable batteries to me are basically paramount to flip phones. While they probably do exist (not including moto-mods), I've never seen a smartphone with an easily replaceable user-friendly battery akin to flip phones.
@@uss-dh7909 My old S5 had a user replaceable battery.
DUUUUUUDE! You’re mustache is amazing!!!
Thanks for reminding me, all smartphone companies removed Audio jack, in order to force you into either buying their exclusive headphones or bluetooth ones.
The BT Ones have sealed batteries and thus a limited lifespan.
@J-dayday probably.
that corporate stock footage just freak kills me XD
Except Edison was not a prolific inventor, his employees/engineers were. He is the one who patented the inventions.
Well said. 🧡
And he was a bit of a tyrant.
Look what he did to Tesla.
He was the Steve Jobs of his day, a domineering, megalomaniac.
He might get too much credit by the people who praised him or too little by people who hated him. He still sped up the invention of a great items that increases the speed of other inventions and increases produtivity of people around the world.
He’s more of a manager less of an inventor than the stories people were told about him. And as usual managers make the money.
mustasche man is smart ladidadidaa we live in the past whenever the mustache man uploads I click very very fast
Five years back, for early subscribers like me, it was *"the suit man"* .
@@junaidfarooqui1993 lol yeah I liked the the old thoughty2 better
My LG G4 is still working just fine, with a replaceable battery, curved cinematic screen, headphone jack, infrared blaster, FM radio, great camera, and a few other things. It just became a little slow, but only because web sites pile on ever-more resource-consuming things, especially ads. Oh, and the thing is easy to fix with a single screwdriver. You can't imagine how fast it was to recharge that phone, by just popping off the back and inserting a fully charged battery - I always carried 2 phones and 4 batteries. As a professional truck driver I couldn't be out of touch with the company. Now, 5 years later and a box full of replaced batteries, I upgraded to the LG V60 dual screen, with audiophile DAC, audio jack, vibrant colors, and so much more, but those G4 s are always in a box ready to go into action. Yeah, 2 G4's died (I equipped my entire family with LG G4 phones), but such is life, the company's decision to use lead-free solder backfired, but all it takes is re-balling with leaded solder one day when I feel like it. No wonder LG is selling its cellphone division - it made really good phones, unlike the modern marvels that have to be replaced yearly and whose "updates" actually slow the phone down on purpose, to "incentivize" buying a new one.
Thank you! Very informative, this type of sabotage on electronics is happening and its sad.
6:51 increasing your burn time is always good 😌 420
Old news, cars are designed the same way
Almost everything is designed this way. Furniture, tools, paint, building materials, everything with a warranty is planned obsolescence.
I had to laugh because I got a car ad right before this vid and a Scotty Kilmer vid is next on my playlist.
Car companies love to make up awards that they pay to give themselves like participation trophies (*cough* JD Powell). Meanwhile, they make more and more important parts out of brittle plastics, electronics that fail yet run everything, transmissions that die immediately after warranties expire, etc.
@@DeAthWaGer I think getting a collection car is the only smart investment, at least once it becomes rare everyone will be chasing you for it
Yep. You basically only get an average of 5 years before you start getting problems. The fact that cars are now heavily run by electronics makes their durability more problems. Just a small spec of dust on one of your sensors then the whole thing start going haywire.
This is why I want to fully restore my old Corolla since its durable as fuck and drive along the road and laugh at the new model cars as their cars break down from a broken sensor while my Corolla is running missing a spark plug.
@@orvetoralsolo7892 I don't understand what you mean by a "small spec of dust". MAF, TPS, MAP, O2, CPS, Knock, ABS, TMAP, Brake wear, Oil Level sensors don't go bad with a spec of dust. Most of these are needed to run an engine. A dust particle wont leave you on the side of the road. Or is there a sensor that I missed that will be bothered by it?
trying to come up with a good comment before the smart people get here.
Light people....bad?
You watch comment sections rather than videos I assume.
@@howmuchbeforechamp That was profound 😆
@@dalpz205 like all great artists i am under appreciated in my time😂
@@howmuchbeforechamp I can absolutely tell. Your great works surely will be noticed. Lol
Just when I was getting too complacent and thinking that corporate greed isn't really *that* bad, I get get a wakeup call-yeah, it's really bad and it's not going away. Thanks, Thoughty2, I needed that…
These videos should be required viewing as part of the school curriculum.
My M254DW HP printer recently auto updated it's drivers and decided to stop working 'to protect me from using the non HP cartridges' that I had fitted. No help from HP to fix this and I had to first install genuine cartriges (just to get past the error message on the printer) before using a hacker firmware downgrade supplied by a 3rd party cartridge supplier. Then I prevented my printer from auto updating. Interestingly, after the downgrade the printer then worked again with non standard cartriges but was aware they were non HP ones yet did not stop working. I read that HP had been in trouble for doing this in the past yet somehow they had 'mistakenly' caused it to happen again and were soooo sympathetic when I complained on FB. They weren't the ones who offered the firmware downgrade though............. And as for Apple?!? They are the absolute pits and I will NEVER buy any of their products............