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submitted 2 years ago by nLuLukna@lemmy.one to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

What opinion just makes you look like you aged 30 years

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[-] neo@lemmy.comfysnug.space 32 points 2 years ago

Things should be made to last and not be made to intentionally break after a short time.

[-] 0xc0ba17@lemmy.ml 11 points 2 years ago

how is that a boomer opinion?

[-] Mr_Grumpy@lemmy.fmhy.ml 8 points 2 years ago

Many of the younger generations seem to accept that things don't last/break easily. I come from a time where there was a wiring diagram for the TV pasted on the inside back cover. Washing machines and other devices often had the schematics included. Repairing your stuff and keeping it running was the norm back then. Even if you couldn't, you probably had a neighbour who could. Planned obsolescence is a relatively new thing.

[-] plactagonic@beehaw.org 3 points 2 years ago

Planned obsolescence was first introduced for lightbulb, according to Veritasium video on YT. But for most things it is relatively new thing (20 years).

[-] emerty@slrpnk.net 4 points 2 years ago

Things used to be made like this. Only boomers are old enough to remember buying an iron for life.

[-] pumpsnabben@beehaw.org 1 points 2 years ago

You can still buy things with very long lifetime but they are very expensive, the results of making cheaper things that break earlier is that more people can afford to buy them.

This is of course what most companies want but is also makes a lot of products available to people who couldn't afford them earlier which for many is a good thing.

I think it's a fair trade.

this post was submitted on 07 Jun 2023
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