Once you don't own the fridge, they can tell you what you're allowed to put in it as a term of the lease. And they can put cameras in it to enforce it.

If only it wasn't for planned obsolescence. Then I could own a well made, long lasting product.

If only everything new coming out wasn't "smart" then I could fix it myself (or take it to a generic guy who'll fix it way cheaper with non branded parts).

If only people remembered how that used to be the expectation we had when buying big ticket items.

Can't have that, instead you can have endless bills to pay for shitty garbage. Think they'll make it better? Nope they'll make it even shittier then charge you for "damaging" it when it breaks.

Another college educated moron. Building washing machines for cheap with cheap slave labor produces the highest return. Upper management rarely sticks around long enough to make a long term investment. Pump and dump is the name of the game. Grab my bonuses and scoot

So let me get this straight…

if i own a washing machine, it will be bad because cheap metap and plastic,

But if they own my washing machine, it will be good because big business is just dying to send a repairman to my house.

These morons never have to deal with the consequences of their proposals.