Cantaloupe@lemmy.fedioasis.cc to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-25 days agoWhat’s a conspiracy theory you no longer call a theory?message-squaremessage-square75linkfedilinkarrow-up188arrow-down16file-text
arrow-up182arrow-down1message-squareWhat’s a conspiracy theory you no longer call a theory?Cantaloupe@lemmy.fedioasis.cc to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-25 days agomessage-square75linkfedilinkfile-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-up9·4 days agoIts not just John Deere, lots of companies do this. Its called planned obsolescence.
minus-squareCorkyskog@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 days agoThe 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.
minus-squareNotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·4 days agoEngineer: 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!
Its not just John Deere, lots of companies do this. Its called planned obsolescence.
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.
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!