#plannedobsolescence

Hello, dear Geek Zone community! I am fulfilling an important duty that I approach with a deep sense of human responsibility, fundamental to my life goals: giving my grandson a scientific calculator. This

Did the light bulb cartel really destroy consumer goods to make a quick profit? Not as much as you might think...

Without marketing and planned obsolescence we could just close up shop. No more need.

Fuente In order to appreciate the depth of the damage done by capitalism as an economic model, it is necessary to understand the size of the environmental damage done by the thousands, what do I mean

'Calienta Cama' sounds so caliente as a Cuban Son song with appropriate rythm Okay, I have another one for today. It's like most of the time very revealing about the deeper currents that dominate our lives.

Hasta la vista, baby! First of all, I am glad the water heater is still working. It has obviously outlived its warranty by factor 3. Unusual. But there are fewer thing/ks usual where we are, than the other

It looks like Planned Obsolescence has become a reality we cannot escape and Rechargeable Batteries are now design to fail after 2 or 3 years of usage... Last time I've bought 8 Philips Rechargeable Batteries

#stupid I was typing my hashtags on Steemauto when all of a sudden my post was submitted? Which one of this blasted keys has a double function to post something that has incomplete hashtag list? I do not

So since my OS was very out of date and it was becoming problematic I decided to upgrade. It came out LAST YEAR, so no problem right? Wrong. It broke several important apps I use every day, which I am

The definition of planned obsolescence is, "a policy of producing consumer goods that rapidly become obsolete and so require replacing, achieved by frequent changes in design,  termination of the