NuklearFerret t1_jdsrt16 wrote on March 26, 2023 at 10:18 PM Reply to comment by palehorse95 in My Aunt’s GE Spacemaker Coffeemaker from 1988, used nearly everyday since by ME5SENGER_24 Well, all it really took was replacing internal metal components with cheap plastic or rubber ones that get destroyed by heat after a time. Not so much planned obsolescence as “it’s cheaper now, we don’t care.” Permalink Parent 1
NuklearFerret t1_jdsrt16 wrote
Reply to comment by palehorse95 in My Aunt’s GE Spacemaker Coffeemaker from 1988, used nearly everyday since by ME5SENGER_24
Well, all it really took was replacing internal metal components with cheap plastic or rubber ones that get destroyed by heat after a time. Not so much planned obsolescence as “it’s cheaper now, we don’t care.”