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PurestEvil on scored.co
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> More and more i feel like it's some crazy conspiracy to stifle cognitive power.
Well, I think it's just negligence and sloppiness that leads to that. They just don't care.
> have slowly gotten away with annoying and terrible products because I am an outlier now by the fact I notice it.
Probably, yes. I assume *most* people don't care either. Most people also think "smart" devices are better than non-smart devices. None of my appliances are "smart", I even use a Nokia brick phone. Also most people also seem to be influenced as intended by advertisements. Not sure if most, but certainly too many.
> Burns my britches too because I know this fucker probably won't last 10 years, meanwhile the ancient box from the 70s in the garage is still going strong, and also doesn't sound like a cricket hopped up on meth
Yeah. In the past the concept of planned obsolescence wasn't popular, so whatever old appliances you have probably work today as well. Nowadays, if you return an item, they'd even rather let you keep it and send you a new one, than try to repair it or just look at it. It's a highly consumerist, wasteful system that leads to low quality products.
Well, I think it's just negligence and sloppiness that leads to that. They just don't care.
> have slowly gotten away with annoying and terrible products because I am an outlier now by the fact I notice it.
Probably, yes. I assume *most* people don't care either. Most people also think "smart" devices are better than non-smart devices. None of my appliances are "smart", I even use a Nokia brick phone. Also most people also seem to be influenced as intended by advertisements. Not sure if most, but certainly too many.
> Burns my britches too because I know this fucker probably won't last 10 years, meanwhile the ancient box from the 70s in the garage is still going strong, and also doesn't sound like a cricket hopped up on meth
Yeah. In the past the concept of planned obsolescence wasn't popular, so whatever old appliances you have probably work today as well. Nowadays, if you return an item, they'd even rather let you keep it and send you a new one, than try to repair it or just look at it. It's a highly consumerist, wasteful system that leads to low quality products.