The Truth about Planned Obsolescence
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One thing that grossed me out as an engineering student was how other students talked about planned obsolescence like it was a good thing since you could force people to buy more of your product. It disturbs me that this mentality seems to be encouraged among engineers.
New world order. They force yoy to go to school find a job and contribute to the downfall of humanity
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Exactly
Damn
On the flip side, things that last too long end up all over earth. I look at it as biodegradable.
Planned Obsolescence is in NO WAY a good thing. The Jobs it creates are hollow, demeaning and low wage. Cheap goods are meant to be disposable and get thrown away very quickly, adding to our monumental garbage and waste problem. Fact of the matter is, Obsolescence of any kind is *unsustainable* both in terms of a business standpoint (as people learn about your bad practices) and an environmental one. My grandfather has a pair of 50 year old JEANS. *JEANS* for fk sake! Yet we can't get anything to last more than 5 years anymore because we have a Throwaway economy.
@@petercarioscia9189 He gave positive points for it in the video. My comments were arguing against those points.
Also, self projection much?
"Unsustainable both in terms of a business standpoint"
Just look at apple. It's a lot more effective than you think.
Without the fashion hype train they would've died out long ago. Their market share is a fraction of the others.
"would have". They are still alive and Still making a profit(#1 in-fact). Obsolescence may not be good for the consumers, but it is without a doubt effective and it isn't going to stop anytime soon.
No. If the companies used their old material to create their new devices we would not have the waste problem. That's not on the consumer part but on the fact that comapnies would rather extract raw materials than use the ones from their last gen devices.
An economy built on cheap throw-away components is inefficient. We're confused when it comes to cheap plastic goods. But imagine if our infrastructure were built this way. Roads that need resurfacing every week or month. Water and sewer pipes that need to be replaced every year. Power lines that need to be restrung every month. Lots of jobs! But really expensive and a terrible place to live. Your town would be a constant construction zone.
Repairability? Let's replace manufacturing jobs with repairmen jobs. It takes less material to patch an item than to throw the whole thing out and build new. If we priced garbage properly we'd see far less plastic waste and an economic shift toward more durable, repairable goods. For those things that turn over quickly we should see recycleable or biodegradable materials.
In many countries which get a lot of snowfall and ice the roads have to be repaved or repaired almost every year.
Your argument falls flat on plastic, plastic is dirt cheap to produce and it can last for centuries in some forms/types of plastic, it can easily be more carbon negative to recycle certain resources.
Good argument!
The economy isn't really built on these concepts, it's just a strategy to maximize profits, companies are just adapting to the meta, and consumers aren't organized or well informed enough to boycott unethical practices.
@@jaredlapierre1304 recycling plastic is another scam
There is no positive aspect to planned or percieved obscolescence. There's a difference between 'cheap company makes cheap thing that breaks quickly' and 'big company makes product break to get more of your money' as the first could, maybe, be unintentional. The latter is exploitative and why we need legislative restrictions on these obscolescence tactics.
Legislation is not the answer and the difference you pointed out are almost impossible to determine through a government body.
Additionally I doubt planned obsolescence is not actually done, or it's very rare. Our cars are far more reliable today then they were 15 years ago. This is why the average age of cars keeps increasing. Phones with batteries built in is because us consumers want ever thinner phones that are water proof. Most things are designed three way they are for a reason.
Planned obsolescence is just a unproven talking point for people who hate corporations.
Andrew Gisler bro I'm sorry but you're wrong.. planned obsolescence is real and is happening all the time
Legislation is not a suitable alternative to personal responsibility.
If you want companies to stop using these tactics, stop falling for them; and convince others to do the same.
Hannibus Toogfyrre there is a dualopoly on the market between Apple and Android.. Ubuntu phone tried to come along but was quickly shut down
@@greenthizzle4 Have an example item of where it's happening? Because our products just keep getting better. Cars are now expected to last at least 200k miles. Tvs, laptops all seem to last longer.
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Jim H. I do this on my jeans. It works really well 50 passes and bam sharp as hell again
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Products should definitely have more longevity. I agree that perceived obsolescence is mostly societies own fault. But there's no reason (from a consumer standpoint) that companies should make products that are designed to fail. It's a rip off. Perceived obsolescence = our own fault / planned obsolescence = shame on greedy companies.
They keep advertising which brainwashes even the best miser in the town
Nope, there is no excuse or justification. The whole "jobs and cheap goods" argument falls apart when considering AUTOMATION and OUTSOURCING.
This this this this.
Outsourcing creates more jobs. Just not here
Outsourcing creates jobs elsewhere and automation needs people to manufacture it, overall unemployment created by that is small
It's about $$
Third world countries also need jobs, arguably more than we do.
But is Dashlane built to last?
Asking the real questions here
lol it's a premium service not a durable matter
You can always target their server´s infraestructure, their management (more specifically, who is doing their mantainance), and the long term bussiness strategy [things like OWNING instead of renting them on different countries].
whoah now thats a real question!
It sucks. At the moment. It didn't a while back, but they seem to be spending their money on sponsoring youtube videos instead of developers, and the software is seriously buggy. I have a premium license at the moment, but will not renew unless they get their shit together.
Planned Obsolescence *needs* to be illegal. It's just awful that companies are able to get away with making intentionally faulty products.
Here in Italy it's normal to have a car 10 or more years old, especially if it's your first one.
It is in the US as well except with the "rich" or wanna be rich and owes ridiculous amounts to creditors
Here in Canada, you can't drive a car older than 15 years old because of our winters. Our cars have no obsolescence. It's the winter
My first car will be a 2012 Renault Zoe hopefully
I'm Canadian. My truck is 12 years old and I'm hoping to get another 10 years out of it. Unfortunately not everyone here is like this. There is a culture of leases and trade-ins. People are trading 3 year old cars for new ones. It's driven by the dealerships who aggressively sell based on monthly payments rather than the total cost of the car. Many people expect to have a monthly car payment as much as they expect to have a mortgage. They would rather have the same payment and always drive a new vehicle despite the massive increase in their overall investment.
@@unicorntomboy9736
lol renault is shit
You could also call the video. "The dark side of capitalism"
More like greed, but capitalism is based overall
That's obvious in itself
Socialism is way worse, dude.
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“Smartphones with software updates and fixed battery’s are planned obsolescence”.”Cars with fixed batteries and software updates are future proof”.
Make up your mind!
Everyone with Iphone X
Me using my Iphone 6.
Everyone: how is that relic still working
Me: You see this is the on button.
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I’m still rocking my iPhone 6 too 😂😂
Still using a note 4 in 2021 works great
@@QuantumLeap83 yeah just gotta take care of it and it will last
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Uh-uh. There is no good side to planned obscolescence. You are just justifying this stuff just to have a video end on a positive side, hate to say it. And you are also (unfortunately :( ) wrong about teslas being repairable, Tesla makes a vehicle that was in a crash an expensive paperweight, so you got to hack it. Look it up, there's this guy who goes around and makes working teslas out of ones that were in crashes, and gets them working. Problem is, tesla is making it REALLY difficult for small repair shops/ordinairy people to work on their cars.
Tesla is just an (hyper) exaggerated version of any other luxury car that relies on computers (which is most or all of them). Anyone who's had to go to a dealership for repairs can tell you a similar story. "I took it in for an oil change and 'legally' can't get it back until X part is ordered and X system passes checks. Repair costs more than the car so buy this model on sale"
You can't be negative about everything. If it was a broken system it would've ended. You have to find the positive effects of things before you can break it down. *Bridges only collapse at the supports.*
Electric cars are far more durable than IC cars. ICEs are under crazy stresses and heat, loads of moving parts. Electric cars can be made with a tenth the number of parts so are cheaper to make and repair. Remember the first cars were electric before ICs dominated. Way, way easier to drive... turn it on and go vs. crank, fuel/air mixture, clutch, gears, choke, fuel additives. Electrics just sucked for range.
I think he is mixing up planned obscolence (i.e: I'll make your razor break in 1 week even if it can last more) with making things cheaps (i.e: I'll make this razor cheaper but it'll only last one week) , but the other point is true though, how can you have a profitable business and make progress in it if everything you sell lasts forever?
+Andres Valera
It depends, really. Electronics are (in general) different due to advancements in technology (Edit: I paused the video just before he said that). Funnily enough, Apple keeps their phones updated through the five updates that they make afterward, something not even Google does.
"how can you have a profitable business and make progress in it if everything you sell lasts forever?"
By constantly innovating through research and development; improving sourcing, logistics and manufacturing procedures; expanding to new markets; expanding product lines; improving environmental and social impact of the company; improving treatment of employees; etc.
On another note, as long as revenue exceeds total costs and is expected to do so in future; that should be enough.
Back in the 70's to mid 90's I would find broken / dead electronics. Some I could fix for a few dollars. But now the electronics are way too small for me to trouble shoot / replace parts.
Another planed obsolescence - too complex to repair.
I believe The 8-bit Guy made a video about Apple laptops. He said something along the lines of "these aren't meant to be taken apart".
Yeah, I tried fixing a quartz clock mechanism, but the positive battery terminal fell out. damn thing's probably gone for good, too. I can do the gearing, that's simple as making toast from bread now that I've figured out what order to install them in, but a terminal that small? No way, Jose. Gonna have to get a new mechanism now.
Apparently the newest macbooks have been designed so that they won't even turn on without every tiny screw installed.
exactly. I had two pairs of headsets with ripped cord and the inner cables were so thin I couldn't even dewire them.
@@axelf4515 ive had headsets like that where the wire just broke inside the fully intact cable... and same issue...
"A car from 2014." Literally in most countries you don't see newer cars than 2010 most of the time, that is literally offensive but not at all sadly.
Yeah, I was a bit confused about that. I live in America even, and I've never been in a car that new.
I have a car from 2006... Rather have a reliable older car than being in debt with the bank to finance a new car.
Literally gay
I know someone who was one of those people. every year she "needed" a brand new car, and as you can imagine, her mentality even spread to her daughter who became an entitled prick that got everything she demanded. once her dad gave her a brand new iPhone and she smashed it and demanded a new one cause it was the wrong color. same thing with a $300 pair of Beats Headphones. and sure enough, she got everything.
@@cpufreak101 well thats just bad parenting
Yeah, planned obsolescence is scummy, and unfortunately there's not much you can do about it as long as companies have incentive to do so, which until our culture changes, they won't.
However, perceived obsolescence is kinda on us...
If we stopped trying to out-compete each other's egos to have the latest and greatest, we wouldn't fall for that BS.
If your device has a genuine fault (possibly thanks to planned obsolescence) then replace it.
My last phone I had since late-00's, and only upgraded two years ago because of battery issues.
People need to stop thinking they need the latest £/$1000 phones, you really don't.
Electronics aren't fashion, stop acting like it.
But also the thing is, those jeans still work perfectly even if you can't remove that stain no matter how hard you try, so why throw it away? The way I see it, people who buy flagship phones would spend that much money on something else. People who buy the newest apple products that come out aren't usually the ones who complain about rent prices. And I say this as someone who also kept his old phone for 8+ years and only upgraded when it stopped working.
You're preaching to the choir, I hardly ever buy brand new clothes, it's just expensive and a waste.
I think they probably would you know, I mean if you can spare £/$1000 to buy an Iphone, you probably aren't too concerned about money.
Then you get those people who do complain about how hard and expensive life is but have the latest Apple products as they come out.
+Th4tGuyll +Xero I think new phones are part of fashion...or, at least they are another example of keeping up with the neighbors where it isn't necessary, the problem is fashion itself and that fear of somehow being lesser, that's what we have to work on.
I hope your aware however, that many can't actually afford these new devices, there are many, many people who go into debt for this stuff.
They aren't concerned about money enough, when they should be.
There's plenty of debt statistics you could look up if your really interested in that facet, don't take my word for it.
But at least be aware of the idea that some are being downright foolish with money, regardless of how common or not it is.
That might be partly not being taught enough about managing money and avoiding debt....but I think it's more that fear of not keeping up with other things.
It's also worth noting that when someone is fearful of not fitting in, they are also likely to be exactly the kind of person to also look down on others for exactly the same reason.
So when you met someone who is like this, make the effort to calm down their fears and start being not so concerned about that practice, show them you care about them regardless of who they are, and what they own, talk to them about who they are as a person, or any other small thing to start.
+Chillin chum
Yeah, people treat it like fashion, which they really, really shouldn't for their own good.
To be fair, people shouldn't treat fashion like fashion either, cause that stuff's expensive too.
I am very aware that there are people who have such an obsession with keeping up with the Jones' that they in-debt themselves. Their rationality blinded by their fear of not being with the trend, causing them to make downright stupid purchases with money they don't have (one of my relatives was this kind of person).
At the end of the day, if people stopped worrying about competing with other people to be trendier and newer than everyone else, because that what the core of this fear is about and what companies prey on, then none of this would be happening....
People wouldn't have to be learning money management to avoid going into debt to buy that sweet new phone that is essentially the same as the last one with slightly better specs and gimmicks (which is most likely a clone of what everyone else is already doing [looking at you apple])
Nope. I replace my phone when it a) mechanically fails or b) no longer supports a minimum OS version to, in turn, support a required app.
...which is planned obscolescence. I'm afraid you can't 'Nope' out of this.
Ghiaman1334 They meant nope to the pressure of upgrading to the newest thing
No longer letting phones support the latest OS is pressure to buy new phones. It may be longer term, but it's the same thing. The updated OS makes the phone no longer able to use it incompatible with many desirable features, such as the new apps they mentioned already. This then puts pressure on the consumer. "Get the latest phone with the latest OS or you'll be left behind by all your friends. You don't want that, do you? You want this app. You need this OS. You have to get the new phone to do that." It's the same seedy, abhorrent practise, as the phone will work for many more years if mechanical failures don't catch it first. Nokia bricks still work now. It would be the same with any phone discarded for not having the latest OS or the ability to use new features or apps.
+Ghiaman1334 I think there's a balance that can be struck.
I've had my phone (a nexus 4) for nearly 5 years now, and for at least 3 of those years I wished I had more internal storage (it doesn't have an SD card slot but that's a different matter altogether.), I haven't upgraded from 4.4 though, but there have been a couple of apps that just aren't supported, not a huge loss, but I don't think I can hang onto this thing forever, and the battery is having a problem....even if I could easily replace the battery, I don't have any reason not to get a new phone.
But it won't be an overly expensive phone, and it may just be marginally better then my current one.
The only reason to be so upset about upgrades is because we've swung the pendulum too far out of balance in a particular direction.
Upgrades can be perfectly ok, and even the more frugally minded consumer can desire them and it be entirely due to their own desire, not what others try to force down their throat.
Yeah, for some people a dumb brick phone is exactly suited to them especially in light of these practices, which I don't like very much either. But for me, I do want a smart phone, and...yes, I do need a smartphone for note taking, browsing, mp3 player, and any other complex organization tools and such that I'm not confident dumber phones can do for me.
(And don't try to convince me a dumb phone can do everything I need, it's just going to become a dumb argument, just take my word for it I know what I want.)
I'm not saying replacing phones is unnecessary, overly menacing or always forced, but the mechanical upgrades, monitored and adjusted lifespan of certain parts and necessity to use certain apps or services in the modern world make it more and more likely that these choices aren't entirely of one's own volition. With these factors in play, changing phones can become more of a societal habit or trend as oppose to a necessity after malfunction.
And I mentioned the brick phone not as an alternative but as an example of how possible longer phone lifespans can be. With proper services and more care put into phones' longevity, perhaps at the expense of certain factors such as weight, charging time, even processing power, phones could last a long time. If, for instance, the typical android charging port was more sturdy, my second or even first phones might not have already died, and as I don't necessarily need a powerful phone, I'd still be using them.
JOBS??? what about the millions of dissapearing jobs of people repairing stuff???? repairing is a dead profession...not to mention electronic component stores, tools,aftermarket replacement parts, courses and training, etc...everything related is going to the rock bottom.... other example: why do i need a quad core pc??? because windows xp was discontinued and i cannot use my pentium 4 safely and efficiently like i did before....even chrome keeps yelling at me that i am using a discontinued version so now i have windows 10 and i need a 5 times faster pc to to the same things at the same speed i did before...
There is a 3rd, less sinister form not mentioned here: Cyclical Obsolescence. This is where you intentionally build a product as cheaply and quickly as possible, without any focus on durability, because the market involves a learning curve or is still maturing. You see this a lot in high-skill fields and emerging tech: drones, photography, instruments, etc. You're just making an entry-level product that a user is going to trash and upgrade once they familiarize themselves with the field. See it a lot in tools, too. Buy a drill for a one-time project, realize you keep using the drill, buy a better drill when it breaks.
The situation you described sounds like a good thing. Early adopters get to buy early.
Basically the Wooden Pickaxe in Minecradft.
I enjoy the phone I currently have. So I won't be replacing it unless I have to.
same
You will have to. It's designed to fail
@@kumaravel9076 But I don't have an Iphone. (i don't think you care but) I have a xiaomi and I've had it for nearly 4 years now, and no problems
Same, I love my nexus 5x
@@kumaravel9076 how it is designed to fail?
We need to abandon the profit motive, artificial scarcity, and transcend the notion of property ownership, and instead transition towards a resource based economy in order to create a society that has concern for sustainability and public health.
Planned obsolescence is a consequence of production for profit rather than utility. If we were to produce goods that are built to last and are modular in design, then we can meet people's needs for longer while dramatically decreasing running resource use.
It sounds good, although I don't know what any of it means, I'm not at all well-versed in politics or economics. What is a really thorough source through which I can learn about what a resource-based economy is? And what is property ownership about?
Thats unrealistic. We need to abandon profit only motive and transition to a cyclic consumer based economy. Products need to have a cyclic life as opposed to a throw away mentality. This will solve pollution and waste problems and allows us to grow
Yeah socialism, implemented properly, is better for the environment and humanity. It’s not like the free market doesn’t incentivize helping poor people in foreign countries or anything. Oh wait.
Bravo!
Capitalism is the most resource based economic system ever created.
Without interference (key point), capitalist markets allocate resources to those uses which are valued the highest through pricing. Companies will only value those resources higher if there is consumer demand for what they can produce with them, at that price point. Consumers will only demand goods at that price point if the transaction results in a higher utility for them vs other options.
Profit itself is a part of the mechanism. Crudely speaking, profit is return on investment. The companies that provide the best opportunities for ROI (adjusted for risk) are allocated capital. Companies that can't provide ROI because there is no demand for their product, or they produce in a wasteful way won't receive as much capital.
The whole system is based on utility and the use of resources. Profit isn't some nefarious thing - it helps guide the world to allocate resources in the way that is of most value to human beings (or highest utility). Not to say that there isn't some bad actors, but that that problem would exist with whatever system you arranged an economy in.
Upside - the video is interesting Downside - I completely disagree with its way of condoning the practice . Thanks for your effort anyway, it's at least good to watch
SouthPillarBaron if the practice doesn’t exist, the prices of the products will be way more expensive.
I agree that the practice would bring an increase in some prices. But let's assume you pay... 100 dollars for a razor with the necessary to mantain the edge, all aside for soap. That would have to stand a comparison with 24 dollars (price of 12 razor heads for Gillete Fusion on Amazon) , handle not included. With 12 heads, assuming you use one or two a week for multiple shaves would lead to either to 90 days or 45 days in the worst case. In a typical year you'd use 4 times that much leading, without the starting cost to 96 or 192 dollars.... and also without soap and creams and all that jazz. No, I don't agree with the convenience argument, sorry.
Nailed it. Video quality is solid but it’s pretty idiotic...
The thing is,it wouldn't cost 100 dolars to make a renewable shaver,it is basicaly a sharp edge with a platic handle,nothing there breaks fast or is difficult to mantaing,the company's profities would definetly decrese but doing something like this to an entire economy would basicaly create a huge negative inflation for a while,and that would make everyone more money as the resources used in this process could be used somewere else
And here I'm using the same Ericsson flip-phone I've had since 2011. So don't worry people, you won't die or be ostracized for not updating your iPhone each year.
I don't think many people upgrade iphones each year. Until a year ago I also used an 8+ years old phone (an early touchscreen one) for nothing but checking the time and calling people. Last year I got my first smartphone, nothing fancy, most reviews referred to it as a budget one, but it replaced my old laptop in my life. Now I just couldn't go back.
sony ericsson hazel?
I wonder if Second Thought today would be making the argument that there are positive aspects to planned obsolescence
Software updates make a car future-proof? Sounds more like a way for it to become outdated when Tesla stops providing updates for your model. I trust a computerized car of today to last me far less than a simpler car from 20yrs ago.
octorokpie literally true my moms car is an old Peugeot 206 and has been running for 16 years.
Edit: more like 19...
Do your phone updates make you feel the same way?
"Software updates for car" sounds crazy.
It is not like the car wont start if you don't have the latest software in it.
Not yet.
How crazy would it be if the main driver for building things and developing new tech was necessity rather than profit. No more planned obsolescence, you only pay for the materials and labour put into it, not for the brand name or advertising. Would be such a better world for consumers
Don't know when it became public knowledge (perhaps after you made this video), but it is now fairly well known that phone manufacturers (and those who maintain their OS) will implement forced "patches" which will reduce the effectiveness of your phone, possibly making it useless. They can force it to run more slowly, make core apps and functions cease to work, or make various parts work much harder than they'd normally have to so they burn out faster.
With how prevalent connectivity is these days, it is actually pretty easy for a company to retro-actively render their product useless to the consumer. Legally, this should be considered theft, since somebody paid for the product, and it is being taken from them by means beyond their control and not honestly disclosed by the manufacturer or retail location at time of purchase...but laws haven't kept up with technology.
While I understand that, logically, something that is more complicated is *usually* easier to break, that is not the entirety of what we see in the market today. One could argue that making a product slightly better would increase its cost, but we already pay an increased cost. Cars, for example. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, new cars are 617.43% higher than they were in 1935, adjusted for inflation of course. Some of that will be due to things like safety advancements, power windows/doors, Bluetooth connectivity & more speakers, etc...but 617.43%! We pay far more than we should, for cars that are designed to begin breaking down, depending on the manufacturer, in 5-15 years.
Ever wonder why the moment you finally pay off a car, it starts having serious issues that require costly repair? It isn't a coincidence...
My iphone 5s is still working perfect without a lag
iphone is shit
Lying ass nigga lol
My old Nokia was running just fine. My mom forced me to replace it so that I could use a certain app for banking purposes.
Same with mine but it has battery issues. When this puppy dies I’m prob gonna get a android.
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I dont have that iphone anymore lol. Now i am using android. Xiaomi redmi note 8 pro. Good and cheap phone btw.
Dude I’m 17 and I got a new phone but not because I wanted it. It was a gift from my dad. I plan to make this thing last all until I know it stops working and I’ll make it keep working. Bottom line don’t update your iOS phones. I still got my old one but I’m gonna use that one for school instead.
"If you look at the specs not much has changed"
This is actually a consumerist trick. Why? Because RAM, transistor count, and camera MP are generally a poor (or at least exaggerated) analogue of actual usefulness. They're trying to transfer the gaming-PC mentality to phones which... honestly never need to do much hard processing. The day I get a CFD package on my phone is the day I worry about its CPU core count.
My first phone was an iphone 4s. I use an 8 now. My dad has let me use his 12 pro max. The specs are *very* different and you can tell. But the 4s was more useful in reality because I could use it in one hand while biking.
"A car from 2014? How is that thing still running?!"
*My car made in 2003: :(*
In about 1996, as an eleven-year-old, I was told that a ten-year-old car is a "very old car". It was probably ten years later that I found out this wasn't true.
0:31 "Your old one worked just fine"
That's literally my old phone omfg 😨
Yes BUT those "small companies" are also the same companies that pay lower "non living pay" jobs to their employees, and though they do not offer a good wage, they still jack up the price of what it actually costs to make those products as though they pay top dollar labor costs when they don't!!! For example I worked at a company that told their own customer that they were paying me $11 an hour when the reality of it was I only earned $7 an hour!! I KNOW THIS, because the same company accidentally gave me a sheet with an itemized list of parts, labor, and other "costs" that was also given to the customer to how much it was going to cost to build said product!! And when I questioned why the labor cost reflected $11 and NOT MY ACTUALLY PAY, (which I was the only person in the whole shop that knew how to build this product) I was told to "shut up and mind my own business"!!! And even on their own paper work it listed the cost of the parts "per item" and altogether there was only about $30 worth of parts into a unit which they sold at retail for about $1000!! So think about this the next time you buy anything!! After all there is probably a guy standing at a machine that makes $8 an hour, to press a button on the machine!! And every time he presses that button (every five minutes or so), the machine makes 100 parts in that time making about 3000 parts every hour (roughly)!! And the materials to make that part only costs around .0006 in plastic product that is injected into the mold of that machine!! Yet you are paying $1000 for a cell phone that realistically only cost about $6 to make even thought the company is telling you that they spent $2000 a month on say electricity a month or $600 on heat and so on which is ALL FIGURED INTO each product they make and they do not actually JUST MAKE your cell phone!! In fact many companies make a huge range of products some of which make them even more money has well!! And many of those products like your cell phone are made on the exact same equipment as well!!! And many companies get you the consumer to pay for things like their property taxes, yes that is why the itemized break down of a product is so important and don't think for a moment that the company doesn't pass their cost for school and property taxes on to you!! After all why else would a iPhone cost $1000 when it only takes about $0.40 in labor, $0.60 in energy, and $40 in actual parts to make?! And remember companies get sub contractors to give them "in bulk deals" so Apple might pay a company that actually makes their iPhone Screens (Probably Samsung) to sell them 60,000 LED screens for just $0.30 a unit, BUT THEY ARE BUYING 60,000 of them so that is a great deal between the two companies!!! And both are making money at it!!! I know this because I have worked in these companies!! And the two brands will partner up on certain projects of course the one company I worked for built of all things Voting machines but it is the same no matter where you work!! And we did not just build voting machines either!! In fact I worked in 7 different departments and I build many things like computer monitors and power supplies and power distribution boxes that powered machines to make computer chips!! We even made parts (electronics) for air planes and cell phone parts also as well!! And on some of the things I made where I was the ONLY PERSON THAT KNEW HOW TO MAKE THEM, I could make 60 units in an hour while I was only paid $7 an hour to make them!! So I was only paid $0.12 an hour on each unit I made roughly!! It isn't like you get rich working in a factory anymore, and the pay is so lousy you can't afford to live on what they offer you either!! Yet they tell the customer it takes an hour to make one unit when it really doesn't and then lie and tell you they are paying me $11 an hour to make it when the reality they are not paying me that either!! It is like how car dealers jack up the price of cars by including things like "shipping costs" when the car was sent to the dealer on a train for around $5 a unit and the train dropped off 80 cars a week to their distribution point regardless that your car was on it or not!! The dealership will still "tell you" that your car was shipped for $1500 from the manufacturer like they had the thing shipped on a special plane that ONLY YOUR CAR would fit on!!
"We might start to see a dramatic shift in perspective on ownership in the coming years"
The idea that this was said as an upbeat positive change by JT 4 years ago is wild...
Perceived obsolescence doesn’t affect me, it’s planned obsolescence that sticks in my craw. I usually use my things until they break. Cars, TVs, phones etc...
My iPhone 6S from 2015 is still snappy, OS-current, and a good looker in general. I understand the psychology behind perceived obsolescence, but really, bruh? If you’re that sensitive to social stimuli, I think you might need to do some soul searching and figure out how to root yourself in your own identity. And to be clear, this isn’t a snarky retort, I mean well, you’ll feel better once you sustainably feel less pressure from society.
If I ever start a car company, my aim will be to produce cars that last a VERY long time, like vehicles from the 1940’s - 1960’s, but with the most reliable technologies of the time. In my view, it’s fair to pay for utilities repeatedly, but once you buy that car, you should feel comfortable that aside from periodic maintenance, it’ll hold up well for you over an extended time frame.
And I do plan on starting a car company like no other in recorded history, once I get my technology right (hoping to get my break with prototypes within the next 5 years).
Whether I do or don’t, we need companies that are good to their customers. Enough of this obsolescence trash (literally, get it?).
Best wishes. Oh, and if you ever hear about float circuit technology enabling the world’s first actual propeller-less, wingless flying cars, that’s my work.
-\Float.
We’re going to have a throwaway economy we also need to have a Strong recycling culture so everything we throw away gets recycled to the maximum amount unfortunately that probably won’t happen
Just a note here. The light bulbs were supposed to last 1000 hours. Well if you left it on 24/7 and never turned off.... 1000 hours comes out to about 41 or maybe 42 days. I just thought I would do the math in case anyone was wondering.
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I came here because of the iPhone thumbnail lol. I still have 2 9 year old iPod touches and still going strong even 9 years later.
I still use pigeons for messages they are reliables and when hungry 😋 ,, they taste like chickens 🍗 only problem is when going on UA-cam. The pinhole is a little dirty
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Jokes on you guys. My 5 year old iPad still works and i still use it regularly. Also, i prefer older cars because I honestly find that most modern cars look ugly. Even if it's not nearly as efficient i would still prefer to own an older car(late 1950s to early 1970s) because i love how they look and with some basic maintenance can be kept runming for years.
I still own a working IPad one
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No-one gives a shit about your sarcastic and frankly unnecessary comment, dickhead.
@@xero2715 that's just hypocritical, now ain't it mate
Old cars are amazing.
I'm an appliance repair technician and planned obsolescence is rampant in home appliances. No doubt i profit from this but I would much rather have less work and repair a quality machine than keep repairing made-to-fail Samsungs day after day.
work for the sake of keeping us all working is in no way a good thing or contributing to society. There is no good side of planned obsolescence.
Smartphones do have planned obsolescence in a very proplematic way: Software. There are brand-new Android Phones out there sold with outdated versions of Android. It is almost mandatory to replace your phone every two years (high-end), every year(middle), immediately(low end). Apple being a noteworthy exception as it provides updates for the phone until they cannot run it properly anymore (though I'm sure they could still handle them except for the 32-bit to 64-bit switch). Why can't it work like LinuX and Windows: Your machine can run it? Then your machine can update it!
The LineageOS Android distribution is still on the latest version on my four year old OnePlus One.
You don't need the newest version of Android... You just want the newest version because society has you programmed to believe that you need it.
Btw I'm sending this on an outdated version of Android 😂
Simply disable automatic updates 🤷♂️
This was a great video until you started to look for reasons to call it a good thing. Now I understand the like/dislike ratio. Some things are better with a negative ending. It's not like someone should look for the bright side of climate change looking for arctic sea routes.
This is why Toyota still does so well. They still try to build products the best they can build them while others build everything to fail asap.
My Toyota is a 2005 Tundra. It now has 360k miles and still don't burn oil between oil changes and is very reliable. It still runs/drives as smooth as a new one and driven daily. Had 300k+ miles on our last two (1)1981 Toyota pickup (2) 1994 pickup, both still ran/drove perfectly fine. The 1994 had a clutch replaced that was only major from either. Other than oil changes I've not done any work at all to my Tundra in over 4 yrs. These trucks just keep right on trucking.
I drive interstate trips all the time & never worry about it breaking down. In fact I've yet to have my first major repair to date on it. Id drive across country today in it if I had too, Id put gas in & go man..
Several Tundra & the T100 trucks have made it past One Million miles. Remarkable build quality. Thank you all at Toyota for still building them like you used to do....🤗. Looking at a new Lexus LS for my wife today. Beautiful!
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My God, we really are hopelessly stupid.
Anyone notice how darn long mechanical clocks last, I can't think of any way they can make those things fail after a predetermined amount of time.
I use my phone until it's smashed to pieces.
That said I have a tendency to let my phone get smashed to pieces within 3 years.
I had a normal mobile until about two years ago where family members literally took it off me and gave me a smartphone.
Razors get even worse... they sell you a handle and maybe a couple of cartridges for it. You buy a pack of cartridges when they wear out and then you go to buy more cartridges but now they're no longer available. Instead, there's a new razor - with more blades per cartridge and a different mechanism at the back so the cartridges for this won't work on any other razor and you now have to buy a new handle (with one or two cartridges), throw away the old handle and then you buy a pack of cartridges and when you go to buy more, they're no longer available...
Here's me driving a 17 year old car with 150k miles on, with the same engine, gearbox, clutch and frame (shout-out to VW for making my polo MK4 so good)
Ah, pre emissions scandal VW. Loud as a tractor, leaves a cloud of smoke wherever it goes, but also just as reliable as said tractor.
vw is shit
UA-camrs are getting bad day by day. They show a minute full of ads in every video, which is bad. This is repetitive. When the channel was new, I enjoyed all of your contents, even didn't skip those ads. Nowadays, I use to skip ads, and skip the ad part! I don't think fusing an ad in your video is a good idea. Well, this is upto you, but lame ads make videos bad!
I'd be happy to see Japanese ads
Install Ublock Origin (Browser Extension), then you won't have to watch the UA-cam ads.
And install SponsorBlock (Also a browser extension) and you won't have to watch the sponsored parts, it will automatically skip them, the last 3-4 months it had skipped 8 hours of sponsors on my Desktop
Consume less, live happier. Its as easy as that.
On smartphones it more or less made sense for the last decade. Phones were getting better so quickly that people wanted to buy the newer, more capable tech on a regular basis.
Now... it's breaking down. I suspect we'll see longer lasting phones soon
I'm always impressed at how smooth your ad segues are.
"Consumerism is your own fault - now go pay to hand over all your sensitive data to these random people you've never heard of so I can get paid."
Honestly, I'm getting really really sick of all these extra long infomercial things everyone is adding now. Nobody believes you all personally use this crap.
I do use it, but hey, whatever. No one's forcing you to stay. You're more than welcome to go be miserable somewhere else.
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“Last time you bought a phone, your old one works just fine” Nope, my phone’s screen broke so bad that it stopped working
2014!!? My family has 2 cars from 2000. They both run amazingly
Disposable razor blades?
No need to use that kind of bs. Just buy a hair-cutting machine and wear a short beard. Save money, time, and the planet.
Even better, buy a straight razor that will last a lifetime. An electric razor still has a battery that will go bad, whilst some peoplenstill use straight razors that there grabdparents gave them.
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Another way phone companies implement planned obsolescence is through software.
They can push out OS updates that can:
- artificially cripple your device performance
- reduce your battery life
- make your apps incompatible
They can do that and more, all with a grin and a shitty excuse. Planned obsolescence sucks, nothing good comes out of it.
It's amazing how easy people buy into the company's practices.
Say you find something too expensive or not worth the price and people will call you poor or say that they can easily afford it.
Then again people don't even know what they're buying to begin with.
I'm glad Samsung doesn't do this. I have had the same smartphone for the last 5 years.
And not just with phones if I can say that.
S4?
Samsung TVs are not much reliable. One in my family fails about year after waranty.
@@wehatetimmy Note 3 was released autumn 2013. I used my for 4 years, until I broke the screen. Too costly to replace, so I bought refubrished S7 Edge half its retail price.
My wife still uses her Note 3.
Samsung does this lol
I needed to buy a new phone recently. Instead of paying $1000 for a new phone from my carrier I bought new old stock online of a Galaxy Edge 2 for $230. This was about a month ago and I've been very happy with it.
They said my phones battery cannot be replaced
Guess what
I bought a battery, grab my screwdriver
And I just replaced the battery
Okay it is not pretty, but the phone case hides it
I carry a flip phone that is about ten years old. I've had a cell phone since the days of bag phones, I just don't want an expensive phone. I don't care about email or texting or taking pictures with my phone.
My computer is at least five years old and does everything that I need it to do.
My car is a 2002 which I bought last year. I'd still be driving my 94 Honda but it lost an argument with a Jersey wall.
I tend to not replace things until they no longer do their jobs.
Smartphone batteries are actually replaceable and very easy to do so.
Tell that to my galaxy s6! I love my phone in every aspect, however the battery starts lasting too little for my needs. Closed case, can't replace
@@catalindeluxus8545 And why is that?
@@altspitfire I don't know man, perhaps the "Closed case", or irreplaceable battery? Can you read/do research?
@@catalindeluxus8545 I have, and it is replaceable but it's slightly more difficult than other phones.
@@catalindeluxus8545 s6 is replaceable just search for how to
The new iPhone is crap.
iPhones in general are crap
iPhones are best and easily last for 4-5 years with latest updates
Never had an Android I take it?
I phones are so locked up it's pathetic. And if you want more memory the only choice you have is to go buy a new one.
If I want more memory all I have to do it pop in a bigger SD card.
They also do t last 4-5 years, you might be able to nurse one for that long but battery life is going to be crap and it just doesn't work right.
Everyone around me have iPhones for some reason and they rarely make it past 2 years.
I've had multiple android phones but always just prefered ios, I personally never had any problem with storage, all my photos are in the cloud, 64GB is more than enough for apps in my opinion, and what would I need to do that ios is too locked for? iPhones easily make past 2 years if you don't break it yourself... And.. any battery will not perform like a new one after 3 years, not in a phone, not in a car or a powerbank either
For razers, I've switched to two-sided razers where the blade I switch out is only the piece of metal, which is much easier to recycle
What also matters a lot in these cases is that making many of these devices repairable or more durable comes with increased prices and bulk as well. When companies are trying to cut costs everywhere because pennies could decide wether or not customers would buy their product it's easy to see why they often opt into making stuff that just works as long as the warranty lasts.
I had my first smartphone (Samsung Galaxy s4) for three years. It still works but the ballery runs out extremely fast.
@jamruhhh looks like you do give a fuck since you spent time to reply to his comment.
@jamruhhh Just never comment, ever, please.
U can try replacing the battery, if I remember correctly, the s4 had a replaceable battery.
I have the exact same phone with the exact same problem. Buy a new battery, it helped my old s4 out and lasts about as long as a phone of today would.
Dudes, chill. I know I could've changed the battery, but I just decided to get a new phone.
Short answer: iPhones are trash.
Basically is common sense to know that at this point.
@@lacho236 i could get an android for 5 dollars if I want to
iPhones, the only phones that receive support for 6 years rather than two or three on the Android side, and who's last OS upgrade was focused on speeding up phones, is the one and only culprit here?
@@SCtester slows older version of iPhone by sending update
@Stedan C: Suppose that Android really gets at most 3 years of support and iphone does at least 6. Even then, yes, because you get half the support in time for half the price(in case you did not know, there are Androids on the market with equivalent performance but half the price), consider the price drop and realize that after getting an Android and 3 years of support, if you are done with it in 3 years(which you shouldn't if it's half the price of the latest iPhone and end of support does not equal end of the product, which you seem to not realize) you might now get a new Android for the same half of the price with better hardware. So for the same money you would get the same amount of support and better hardware. Simple maths. I seriously cannot understand why people still argue that iPhone has a better quality/price when it obviously does not.
New products should represent progress and not expendable trash. I use something until it breaks, if my phone last more than 4 years I'll use it.
don't even get me started on gaming laptops, or certain headphone brands
Money money money
Well I still have my iPhone 5S, which was previously used by my father, and it still works.
The thing with printers is that you can cheat by injecting ink into the cartridge, sainsburys sells ink injection sets, enough to fill a cartridge a dozen times over and cheaper than buying 3 cartridges.
Man, as a 33 year-old, I must really be old fashioned... I had an iPhone 4s for 4 or 5 years, currently have a Galaxy S7 with no intentions of replacing it any time soon, have an LCD TV from about 5 or 6 years ago, and drive a 2011 vehicle. I just really don't give a crap about having the "latest and greatest" just so I can fit in.
The funny thing is that most people who see this video will not stop buying.
Well, i get in some way attached to things I use. My old phone, tablet - I can use them blind, i know every tiny scratch of those, it's just convinient to use things you are used to. And now they make me throw that convinience away? Isn't that cruel?
When I bought my old smartphone I made sure it's had a replaceable battery. Have been using it for more than 3 years and it works totally fine. The technology has become so advanced, this "old" phone is still very fast.
Mobile phones without replaceable battery are doomed to be replaced after 2-years, when the battery dies.
While I agree with most of the video, battery life in electronics is not planned obsolescence. Batteries degrade after a number of charging cycles and there isn't much anyone can do about it, they just chemically age...
Can’t you get a new battery for a phone
my house was built in 1900 my car in 1992 i have a circular saw i use most every day made in 1950 . we have become the inventers of our own demise
So I sharpen knives a lot.
A razor blade has about a half-gram of steel in it. The production process is incredibly efficient. replaceable razor blades are an obviously better solution for the average consumer. We also don't reuse scalpels and I don't think you're going to criticize that.
It’s too much, I can’t afford a new phone, a new computer, a new car, new software, etc, every year.
The problem is that every company is pushing planned and perceived obsolesce, and now subscription based services has become the new model in luie of a one time own payment.
I just replaced my almost broken to places 3+ years old phone and felt bad for doing that after this video. You make GREAT videos.
"Your TV isn't 4K HDR" if only tv companies knew I have not owned one since 2007
I have lost count of the number of electrical products I have bought that break for no apparent reason. I once bought a paper shredder for almost £40 and it was supposed to be 1 step down from industrial use and it only lasted 4 days of very light use, I got a replacement and that too broke. People say to me that I am just unlucky, either I'm EXTREMLY unlucky or something else is at work. It is really annoying, you buy something from the shops and it doesn't seem to last. I once bought a shirt and it unravelled in parts almost the very moment I wore it! I have had products that just snap in 2 for ne reason. I have bought 18 sunglasses in a row, and they just snap in the middle as if by magic, I only have to pick them up for it to break on me. Nothing these days seems to have the quality you would expect from decades of advancements. There is no excuse for poor quality, there just isn't. Sometime you look at what went wrong and you think to yourself, how the hell did that get past quality control? I just don't get why things don't last, where as 30 years ago things still work today, but you buy something today and it is dud in no time!
Watching this on my Nexus 10... Yup still running.
This man just spent my time talking about obvious things, how others don't notice it
The penalty should be that if a company is found to have engaged in this behavior it must put a big yellow label, taking up half the package surface, that reads "THIS COMPANY IS UNTRUSTWORTHY" on all their products for the next 12 months. And inside there should be a fairly big yellow piece of paper explaining that the company has a history of cheating the customer with planned obsolescence. None of this, "you can't ruin us 'cause we're too big to fail" nonsense. No fines, no job losses, just a major PR disaster that they can't walk back from and might actually make the company have to commit to openly condemning the practice in order to survive.
I’ve had my first phone for 2.8 years and it still works fine, I don’t like the idea of buying a new phone every single time a new phone comes out, I want to avoid consuming too much.
While yes, I do have a few devices that have a non removable battery, but, I absolutely HATE devices that have a non removable battery. A Verizon wireless hotspot that I have, while I have stopped using it, and have since moved the service that it used over to another hotspot, it's non removable battery over the last few month's had started bulging. It is slightly noticeable right now, but, when it got warm, the battery would swell even bigger then how big it is now. And, I still have my first phone from 2012, when I got it for my birthday in may, I transferred my phone number from it just shy of my birthday, back in april of 2014. Unfortunately, due to cell tower obsolescence, I can't use the phone anymore. The phone used 2g sprint towers, which, like I kinda mentioned, are no longer active. And what you (second thought) said about cars in the future being "future proof" with software updates being sent to them over the air, ha ha, who are you fooling with saying that they'll be future proof. No such thing as being able to future proof anything.
The underlying theme here is that money corrupts and consolidates into the hands of the few. This system requires constant turnover not only to maintain but to grow this "economy". To "economize" the process of meeting people's wants and needs, we ought to transition to a true economy; one where resources are managed intelligently and people aren't coerced into digging holes with spoons to survive.
"Your car is from 2014 how does that thing still running" wtf nobody says that
I went from a Motorola Moto G LTE (bought in 2013 for $120CAD) to a 2020 Motorola Moto G Power (bought in 2021 for $260CAD). I still have my Moto G LTE as a backup phone and recently replaced the battery for that very reason. It STILL works. I do not understand people who replace their phone every two years or so. They're absolute fools to do so.
I appreciate what you do and how you do it.
3:27, they basically made the items also shittier quality parts. My previous iPhone lasted 7,5 and now like 4 yearsX