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[-] anarchy79@lemmy.world 26 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

All of them, soon enough. Light bulb companies realized a long time ago that selling quality products is a self-defeating game, you want either planned obsolescence, or sell a "service" through a permanent subscription model.

[-] RagingNerdoholic@lemmy.ca 17 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

We seriously need strict regulations to reign in this bullshit.

Subscription anything needs be illegal unless it's an active service being provided.

Screens should be flat out banned in cars. Fuck your infotainment and sale features, I don't care. If we agree that phones too dangerous to use while driving (and they are), then a having a fucking tablet glued to the dash is literally no different. Plus, we're still in a global chip shortage, we should be conserving them for more important things.

Self driving features can fuck right off. It's absolutely mind-boggling how these systems are allowed on public roads with zero regulatory oversight.

Most active safety features are bullshit workarounds for shitty design and engineering that create massive blindspots. They also create lazy, complacent drivers who become dependent on tech that subject to equipment and logic failures. Good visibility can't just suddenly stop working.

Anything bigger than a sedan or station wagon should require a special license for industrial and ag use only. Fuck your compensation-mobiles, they're literally killing us in more ways than one.

None of this will ever happen because we know who really owns our governments.

Thanks for coming to my TED talk.

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[-] jabathekek@sopuli.xyz 11 points 1 year ago

Light bulb companies realized a long time ago that selling quality products is a self-defeating game

Not really...

[-] anarchy79@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yes really. Educate yourself: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoebus_cartel

Edit: shit I didn't see that was a link!

After watching it, my point very much still stands. That video is completely misconstruing the whole argument.

[-] spongebue@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

So like... do you want to say anything more than "I'm right and this is wrong"? Because I've seen that video before and I'm still feeling the opposite way you are

[-] JamesFire@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

They're responding to the "Light Bulb Companies" part, not the "selling quality products" part. That video very clearly (10-15 mins too long) shows that Light Bulb Companies had legitimate reasons for limiting light bulb hours.

While the Phoebus Cartel may have artificially limited the lifespan of lightbulbs, there was a legitimate reason to do so, and it wasn't just planned obsolescence so you buy more.

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[-] jabathekek@sopuli.xyz 0 points 1 year ago

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