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dildonicphilharmonic t1_izpq9r1 wrote

Reply to comment by BoilerButtSlut in What makes one product cheap junk that breaks in a week and another that lasts a lifetime? by SirCheeseAlot

Engineering to a price point seems to be mistaken for planned obsolescence often.

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BoilerButtSlut t1_izpsrys wrote

Pretty much.

It's always the same story: "well this fridge from 1973 worked fine for over 40 years!"

Yeah, and that fridge cost the equivalent of $2k and would be considered super basic today. Buying a giant one with fancy features everywhere for less than $1k means that they had to cut corners somewhere.

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