Cantaloupe@lemmy.fedioasis.cc to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 个月前What’s a conspiracy theory you no longer call a theory?message-squaremessage-square76linkfedilinkarrow-up189arrow-down16file-text
arrow-up183arrow-down1message-squareWhat’s a conspiracy theory you no longer call a theory?Cantaloupe@lemmy.fedioasis.cc to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 个月前message-square76linkfedilinkfile-text
Thread was posted in the wrong location, had to remake it. What’s a conspiracy theory you no longer call a theory?
minus-squareFreeAZ@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·2 个月前Its not just John Deere, lots of companies do this. Its called planned obsolescence.
minus-squareNotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 个月前Engineer: we can use this $0.05 nut and it should last a decade, or we can use this $0.049 nut and it’ll maybe last 2 years. Boss: Use the 0.49 nut and were giving you a promotion!
minus-squareCorkyskog@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 个月前The amount of rage I have when I take something broken apart just to find that only one of the gears was made of plastic and is some shape or size that’s impossible to find on the open market.
Its not just John Deere, lots of companies do this. Its called planned obsolescence.
Engineer: we can use this $0.05 nut and it should last a decade, or we can use this $0.049 nut and it’ll maybe last 2 years.
Boss: Use the 0.49 nut and were giving you a promotion!
The amount of rage I have when I take something broken apart just to find that only one of the gears was made of plastic and is some shape or size that’s impossible to find on the open market.