Are you sure those appliances weren't repaired? I keep on hearing about planned obsolescence, but between my fridge, oven and washer, I've had one repair in a total of 36 functional years between the three items. I knew the people who lived here before me, and I know they repaired the items I replaced half a dozen times each.
They might of been repaired. Point is things nowadays are designed specifically to be NON REPAIRABLE.
Apple is the perfect example, from using glue everywhere (have fun replacing screens/batteries/keyboards #1) to actively sabotaging servicing by booby-trapping products (screw holes over critical pcb section + carefully selected screw lenght to destroy said pcd section). https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9833205
#1 replacing non splash/liquid proof apple keyboard means ripping out about 70 alu rivets! And we all know nobody ever spilled any liquid on a keyboard, right? Its not like it was designed to make you go out and pay $750 directly to Apple for replacement. Its not like its a solved problem and you could go out and but IBM/Lenovo T410 lapto .. oh wait.
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Are you sure those appliances weren't repaired? I keep on hearing about planned obsolescence, but between my fridge, oven and washer, I've had one repair in a total of 36 functional years between the three items. I knew the people who lived here before me, and I know they repaired the items I replaced half a dozen times each.
They might of been repaired. Point is things nowadays are designed specifically to be NON REPAIRABLE.
Apple is the perfect example, from using glue everywhere (have fun replacing screens/batteries/keyboards #1) to actively sabotaging servicing by booby-trapping products (screw holes over critical pcb section + carefully selected screw lenght to destroy said pcd section). https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9833205
#1 replacing non splash/liquid proof apple keyboard means ripping out about 70 alu rivets! And we all know nobody ever spilled any liquid on a keyboard, right? Its not like it was designed to make you go out and pay $750 directly to Apple for replacement. Its not like its a solved problem and you could go out and but IBM/Lenovo T410 lapto .. oh wait.