Everything we buy is done to break

2024 Author: Seth Attwood | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 15:55

We live in a time when the main thing is money. When every thing is a new marketing solution, with the expectation of profit. Therefore, we humans have forgotten how to do well. The thing must break down in order to keep factories and services running, so that you can make super profits on spare parts.

So, forward to the knowledge of the lies that surrounds us everywhere.

Printer ink: The amount of ink remaining in the printer is measured by a microchip that turns off printing when the ink reaches a certain threshold. Not when the ink runs out, but when the manufacturer wants it. And you will print bald devil in black and white, if the level of yellow is low - the printer simply will not give it. Manufacturers make more money from the sale of ink than from the sale of the printers themselves, so they tune the microchips to provide a stream of income.

Cars: The models of the new year are hardly different from the previous year, but every year automakers strive to introduce something new to the market. As a result, parts for older cars are becoming more difficult to find. Manufacturers don't want to sell you parts, they want to sell you a new car. Thank God, the Internet now allows you to find the necessary parts, otherwise your dealer would strive to sell you a new car every time the old one comes to change the brake pads.

Consumer electronics: Apple has already been sued for making batteries in such a way that they stop working immediately after the warranty expires. They don't do it anymore, but the whole market seems to be trying to make sure that your laptop, computer or mobile phone becomes obsolete as quickly as possible. Batteries die, operating systems do not support old programs, and parts for "vintage" electronics simply cease to be produced.

Clothing: The idea behind current clothing manufacturing is to create new clothes for you that make you look attractive, create them using the cheapest materials and the cheapest labor, and then send them to the stores as soon as possible. Clothes are created to be enough for the new fashion, and no more. The seams are torn, the rivets fly out, the buttons are lost, and this trend is crowned with the fringe of the worn-out edges of clothing.

Tights: The original nylon was used in parachutes during WWII. Manufacturers of pantyhose and stockings quickly realized that "eternal" tights were not at all profitable for them, so they began to make them easy to tear in order to continue to make a profit.

There are so many more different products that are designed to wear out and break. However, with some effort, it is quite possible to avoid buying such easily out of order items, or to deal with their shortcomings.

There is a great documentary on this topic: Planned obsolescence

This film will tell you how planned obsolescence has shaped the course of our lives since the 1920s. When manufacturers began to reduce the durability of their products in order to increase consumer demand.