While there are some examples I personally don’t see it as a huge issue. Some examples that people use are for iPhones. I had an iPhone 6 from when it came out ~2016 until last year. It worked fine. I changed the battery several times, it’s easy for most people.
Appliances. People don’t understand that you have to maintain things. All my major household appliances are 10-30 years old. Sometimes it can be worth upgrading for efficiency but they rarely break. Yes you have to get down under the fridge to clean the coils off every 6 months or so. Yes you have to replace parts on a vacuum, yes change your friggin furnace filter. Yes an oven can only heat and cool so many times before you need a new igniter
Yeah parts will go bad, order the part, look up a YouTube video and fix it.
Sure, I can switch out the relay in a 60 year old freezer and it will fire right up. Newer freezers? They can't even make an ice machine that fucking works. Even on the premium models. Newer vehicles? Mechanics tell me they won't last nearly as long as old 90s Toyotas or hondas (japanese).
Should there not be a policy in place that incentivizes Americans to build or only purchase items with longer life spans, modular upgradability, longer lasting warranties?
I bought an air compressor and the fucking capacitor didn't even last a year.
Also, look at the new houses they're building. They are shit pine boxes that won't last 100 years. No wonder Insurers don't want to insure this overpriced garbage.
All very good points. I think it’s partly that many of the people complaining (not here but on other social media) aren’t doing the things I mentioned. So of course their products aren’t lasting.
The main problem with cars is govt regulations. Mandatory cameras and auto breaking, fancy computers to control emissions etc. their main function is to siphon data now instead of getting you from a to b.
Incentivizing quality products sounds good and I would be for it but I imagine most people just want the cheapest price so they can throw it out and buy a new one in a few years.
I guess I’m just lucky because I can’t remember a single appliance or similar that hasn’t lasted for me personally although I hear that new fridges are absolute junk now. Just changed the transmission lol on my 12 year old washing machine and that was a real bitch but now it runs like a dream
While there are some examples I personally don’t see it as a huge issue. Some examples that people use are for iPhones. I had an iPhone 6 from when it came out ~2016 until last year. It worked fine. I changed the battery several times, it’s easy for most people.
Appliances. People don’t understand that you have to maintain things. All my major household appliances are 10-30 years old. Sometimes it can be worth upgrading for efficiency but they rarely break. Yes you have to get down under the fridge to clean the coils off every 6 months or so. Yes you have to replace parts on a vacuum, yes change your friggin furnace filter. Yes an oven can only heat and cool so many times before you need a new igniter
Yeah parts will go bad, order the part, look up a YouTube video and fix it.
Newer appliances are junk.
Sure, I can switch out the relay in a 60 year old freezer and it will fire right up. Newer freezers? They can't even make an ice machine that fucking works. Even on the premium models. Newer vehicles? Mechanics tell me they won't last nearly as long as old 90s Toyotas or hondas (japanese).
Should there not be a policy in place that incentivizes Americans to build or only purchase items with longer life spans, modular upgradability, longer lasting warranties?
I bought an air compressor and the fucking capacitor didn't even last a year.
Also, look at the new houses they're building. They are shit pine boxes that won't last 100 years. No wonder Insurers don't want to insure this overpriced garbage.
All very good points. I think it’s partly that many of the people complaining (not here but on other social media) aren’t doing the things I mentioned. So of course their products aren’t lasting.
The main problem with cars is govt regulations. Mandatory cameras and auto breaking, fancy computers to control emissions etc. their main function is to siphon data now instead of getting you from a to b.
Incentivizing quality products sounds good and I would be for it but I imagine most people just want the cheapest price so they can throw it out and buy a new one in a few years.
I guess I’m just lucky because I can’t remember a single appliance or similar that hasn’t lasted for me personally although I hear that new fridges are absolute junk now. Just changed the transmission lol on my 12 year old washing machine and that was a real bitch but now it runs like a dream