They Literally Don't Make Things Like They Used To – SOME MORE NEWS

"what's up my hot salads" is absolutely how I'm gonna greet my friends when drunk from now on

about the lightbulbs.

yes, they did all agree to make the bulbs have a shorter lifespan. the treason was to have a brighter, whiter light. the standard was a compromise between color, brightness and life.

ive seen the longest glowing bulb, i have seen candles brighter than it.

overall, lightbulbs arn't as great of an example of planned obsolescenceas things like fast fashion and tech that isnt user serviceable

i like planned obsolescence cause it adds some well needed CHALLENGE to repairing your own things! have you ever tried repairing something when you have the right part?? ITS WAY TOO EASY!!

Dude, the insta pot company was absorbed by a hedge fund, and, forced to overborrow, as is standard practice.

They do this to "small" businesses, those with less then 40,000 employees, like vice, to employ a new CEO they like, who borrows the maximum amount against the company, gives it to the hedge fund manager, then, gets paid to help the company file for bankruptcy, like Murdoch did.

Honestly, there should be a " jail time or less jail time if you help them file bankruptcy" option, but.... Instead, they just get paid one last time to pay of the debts THEY caused, after forcing out the old owners, once the company is publicly traded.

Little problem in the research there Cody. : /

Damn people, we are being taken out to a 5 star restaurant and a great movie bent over and royally screwed up the ass!!! Plus, the dessert. Were given that great old gift of OPPORTUNITY ya know, to go out and spend twice as much money for the same damn product with a slight variation. Ohhh, progress, what a beautiful thing!!!! Lmao

Id like to join the mothmancult please. is this a subscription model?

This is why I simply don't do apple products. My hate for the company is infinite and I'm happy to hate more companies until I just don't have a smart phone anymore. Fuck 'em, I say. I don't like being called anyway. Leave me alone.

Make planned obsolescence illegal and make companies who practiced it pay for the extra pollution it caused.

that's a shame about the instapot company. if anything should be encouraged it is that quality of product. Imagine if the research and development was reimbursed after 10 years if the products are determined to be safe, economical, reliable and waste-friendly.
free market will not solve any other problem than the obstacles in the way of getting more money.

Excellent point at the end about extending an olive branch to the right. This is the only way we make progress.

I don't think fast fashion is planned obsolescence. Customers just don't want to pay what is costs to get a quality garment made. Minimum wage for a full-time job in the uk is probably around £1400 a month after taxes. You can get a t shirt for £3-5. So that's around 0.25% of your net monthly wage. Go back to the 50s and show me you could get a T shirt or tanktop for such a small % of your salary. I make garments myself. People just don't appreciate the costs of quality materials and quality garment construction techniques. They shall don't want to pay wages for Western garment workers, hence they buy stuff made by slaves in Asia.

dear god he used 1/3 of the phrase "bulgy wulgy uwu"
Also dont forget for the $700 for Apple's computer wheels, you can literally buy a set of wheels FOR YOUR CAR

Your AG1 ad reminded me of Kelly Bundys „Waist away“ spot for some reason…

I had a desk fan for 40 years that my father gave me. It worked perfectly until a power surge from lightning killed it in spring of 2021. Oh, and he got it as a present from his mother... in 1939.

Planned obsolescence is only good at destroying our planet. Combined with not having the right to repair, witch makes no sense. If I buy something I should be able to use that item for anything I want. Can people just get there head out of there ass and do things that don't create endless trash. You actually need a phone to live in today's society, let's not have to replace it every freaking 2 years. Big tech is actually the thing destroying our planet the most. If they are going to sell me trash, they should be held accountable for actually recycling this trash.

but Cody, Capitalism should not merely be reformed, but replaced. and it can, and should be replaced. look up the book, Another Now, by Yanis Varoufakis. there is also a video by After the Oligarchy that boils down and explains the economic systems describe in the book's narrative.

Mothman was also an event in Fallout 76, one of the more fun and interesting ones too. too bad the game overall is still kinda "meh"

I've known about this for a LOOONG TIME. It's one of the main reasons that I have never, and will never, buy an Apple product. It amazes me that people will buy sub-par products for hundreds of dollars more, simply to keep up social appearances. 🤣

oh, this is a planned obsolescence episode? i feel like i just watched a video by Unlearning Economics about this, lol...

edit: nevermind, i'm behind on Cody Showdy, that UE video was more recent xD

P.S. you're not going to be "gaming" much on a $700 Windows PC, at least not without some stress involved if you like any games with poor optimization and/or high graphical demands, and/or high CPU demands. i mean, sure, if it's Fortnite on minimum settings, or Minecraft on minimum settings, Halo: The Master Chief Collection should be mostly okay, or even Old School Runescape, then $700 should be fine... but good luck with GTA5, Witcher 3, Halo Infinite, Borderlands 3, or Control.

Bob's burgers deep cut finally all the hours of rewatching the show have resulted in something lol 😅 fml

In support of Apple’s part serialisation policy, I think they would argue that unvetted components could provide security breaches. Given how much valuable information passes through a mobile device allowing an unregistered component I. That chain could be a massive security hole.

Ghost Owls are called Scrooms, actually.

Great shout out for the Right to Repair! Loved the episode

The 'Instant Pot Bankruptcy' seems to have more to do with its corporate takeover and forced merge with Corelle that required the new partnership to be restructured, along with the parent company's lack of excitement towards capitalizing on the Instant Pot's success.

The light bulb conspiracy wasn't a real thing. The old light bulb in that firehouse is noteworthy because it's the only one still running that long, while all the others burned out. And also barely shines, at all. Even after the cartel dissolved, longevity didn't really improve.

Some of these issues are down to playing tops lessons, while others can simply be chocked up to finding cheaper mass manufacturing techniques which aren't conducive to longevity. Other issues, like those in appliances containing refrigerant, are largely because of environmental regulations.

Almost like the government should do funny regulation on this

I got 5 LED lightbulbs aroubd 2016. Still working in 2023, although one doesn't completely turn off anymore

LED bulbs also apparently are powered too aggresively in order to break early everywhere EXCEPT Dubai!? Sounds weird, but look it up…

Gonna be honest, I hate the world we live in right now.

It's the rich people who hold power and don't want to let it go who are the problem.

I've gotten rims and wheels on my car for less than 700.

why make something else, when you can make something crappy and make more money.
this is why the economy and environment are screwed. 😅

light bulbs 💡 ✨️
the bright idea was planned obsolescence, not the light bulb.

I feel like you’re trying to say something.

The US does dispose of old and get new with buildings, if you look at other countries they are restoring old buildings and homes.

I'm the worst kind of consumer - for the companies. I don't want a bunch of crap strangling my home and filling the landfills when I turn around and throw away the broken thing because it was poorly made. And I really love vintage and antique stuff that's still functional. This whole cycle makes my stomach turn.

You lost me at your ad.

Europeans reading this: the video applies to U.S. citizens only.

It feels incredible when you got a 'dud' product. Issa dud 'cause it doesn't BREAK in a year. I bought a cheap pair of headphones in junior year of high school, fully expecting them to break that year.

Been about three years and they're going more than strong. The lower volume button is busted, but I don't care.

Planned obsolescence backed up by complete recycling is conceptually a valid idea. Ideally it stimulates and finances technical improvement. The reality though is quite different as we all know.

What astonishes me is not that consumers increasingly fall for it, but that even major corporations,, who have the weight to create their own environment, and supposedly have a drive for efficiency, fall for it too.

I worked for an express carrier whose name I won't mention, who created in the 80's a handheld scanning device, that was in use for the next 30 years. It was totally proprietary, designed in house, was rugged and reliable. We literally had people using daily hardware that was 20 years old. These were replaced by off the shelf Microsoft based devices, that have to be completely replaced every couple of years, and are fragile and failure prone. The company decided with eyes wide open to ride the MS bus, when they don't have to, and absorb the massive cost increase and performance decrease.

and yet, the world is full of APPLE WHORES. nothing weird since most people are ATTENTION WHORES. yes, the world is full of WHORES.

My mother received a canister vacuum for her wedding in 1965 (Montgomery Wards). I used this thing throughout my childhood. It was nigh-indestructable. It ruined me for all other vacuums as it picked up anything and everything. The retractable cord slowed down a little over the years, but never failed.
In 2005, Mom could no longer find bags for the vacuum (Wards went out of business in 2001, the new one is not the same store). She called a repair shop who came out to check on the vacuum. He could not rig a bag to fit the vacuum and have it work (at least he said), but he offered her $1000 and a new vacuum to replace hers. He put the vacuum on display at his shop where he had a small museum's worth of vintage vacuums.
Now, I can look up vintage vacuum bags that fit on Etsy, alas.
They literally don't make them like they used to.

you don't seem to think there's a LED cartel? LED bulbs often claim 15.000 hours on the label, but they rarely last very long - most of them seem to fritz or glitch after a year or two. the LED itself might last 15.000 hours in theory, but the electronics in the bulb are usually cheap and flimsy, and burn out long before the LED ever would. it's hard to think they couldn't make a lasting LED bulb, but why would they?

LED bulbs suck, they're depressing inside buildings, too stark in flashlights, and blind me while I'm driving.

It should be no secret that headphone jacks being removed from phones is literally just to force you to buy battery powered headphones that are easier to lose and therefore need to be replaced more