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Originally Posted by RDaneel54
I can't see a company that wants to stay in business planning for their products to fail. It is illogical especially in the highly competitive world economy of today.
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On the contrary, by selling stuff that degrades faster they will sell more, it should be illegal, it's morally wrong but they all do it nonetheless and it's very logical since their first priority is to uphold the shareholders' benefits. As for the competition, they do the same so we the people are screwed period !
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Originally Posted by RDaneel54
Building cheaply made items is different. More of a rush to the bottom. I can see where some products and manufacturers looking for a quick profit might go there. I cannot see that being a long term strategy for success.
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As long as corporation are in power nobody will be able to oppose these evil philosophies and thus it is a long term strategy success. Only a true democratic system where a government puts the interests of the citizen above the corporations' could make these strategies a failure but... oh wait you guys actually believe we live in a democracy ?
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Originally Posted by RDaneel54
My contrarian example is cars. The cars of today last much longer and go farther than the cars I was buying 30 - 40 years ago. I expect to get at least 200,000 miles out of a new car today. That would have been a preposterous expectation 30 years ago.
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Sure they last longer but they are also much MUCH more expensive than cars used to be. I guess this is the other way to stop bult-in obsolescence, to pay much more and thus the final goal for corporations is also reached, pleasing the almighty shareholder and their benefits...
Either way we are screwed !