Top 10 Products That Are DESIGNED to FAIL
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There are many planned obsolescence products on the market today – meaning, these products are built NOT to last. From cars to lightbulbs to textbooks to pantyhose, there are countless shameless examples of consumer items being engineered to fail. WatchMojo counts down ten products designed with planned obsolescence in mind.
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00:35 #10: Refrigerators
01:30 #9: Video Games
02:29 #8: Pantyhose / Tights
03:17 #7: Textbooks
04:15 #6: Light Bulbs
05:13 #5: Televisions
06:14 #4: Cars
07:03 #3, #2 & #1???
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my old phone is at Least 8 years old (it's a huwi acend that ran Android 4.0) and it ran fine (after four dunks in the sink) but now I'm using a Moto
Consoles,Meh
anything made by Apple will fail and the sheep will keep buying them
all apple products.
NO Backwards compatibility is f*ck
#0 every apple products.
Being a software engineer, I can say that this video is bullshit, or at least it is when it talks about computers. Since when was software not backwards compatible on windows? The whole reason why Windows is essentially a pile of shit compared to Linux is because they reused WinNT to support legacy software.
Usually this channel is like so many plopping out garbage videos. This is a great one though, its always good when a tiny bit of light is shed on all of these big business tactics. People who know me (but not well) can't seem to understand why I "hate" so many things or seem negative, but I don't see it that way. I simply see more than they do & realize that nearly everything we are ever sold, every add that gets shoved down our throat, every gimmick product & even the so-called useful or needed items are complete dogshit. With knowledge of this coupled with the knowledge that I can never change or help to change these things in a world run by hungry capitalist business that only herd us in 1 direction, give them everything & leave us with nothing but useless crap. It makes it harder & harder to try living "normal" anymore. Because I see whats really going on, & it is extremely difficult to no just wander through life like so many do..Way bigger rant than I thought, but oh well.. I don't think this video will do a damn thing in ever changing these problems for the positive, they will only get worse, but it is still refreshing to see the very rare video, article, or other media publication that actually has the guts to share these issues rather than always keep them hidden.
Apple
my parents fridge have like 20 or more years, it works fine, looks fine and seems indestructible. They only restore the paint every now and then.
My fridge is only 4 years old and is starting to do a weird sound, the water/ice dispencer don't work anymore and the industrial pulished metal finish isn't as hard as it looks cause every single hit against something (even my dog head) leaves a weird bump… fucking samsung… Same thing with my 3 years old smart TV that don't have software upgrades anymore, no new version of apps (even netflix) and that for some reason fails to lauch the smart drawer sometimes and also internet conectivity crash in the middle of any movie and the only way to get online again is restart the stupid TV… Fucking Samsung!!! (again)
Products have been made to fail sooner, all the way down to the solder connections in PC boards. You can thank the EU for that one
this is my favorite speedycube64 video
If you car was built like a Nokia phone, one I bought in 2003 still works but the 2G network was shut down, You would never need a new one.
Peter wins with the bookshelf choice
OMG that iPhone gag was gold
well there are fones that Last long, such as the Galaxy S Series in which they dont lag lag no matter how old they are, example of these are the S3 & Later models, hell they even have a Faster shutter speed than what I currently use now which is the Asus Zenfone max
just buy a pc more need for consoles and games from all gen. are able to be played
All the while the company heads are laughing and chanting "fuck you" to all the consumers buying their ill-fated products like happy hungry sheep. People say I'm overreacting, but a 100 year old light bulb gives me more than enough justification to feel this way. It's all about money. Always has been, always will be. They won't care as long as their pockets are filled to the brim with profits while we die from povery and the environment rots away from the excessive resource extraction and waste pollution.
Solution to #2: build your own goddamn desktop instead of buying a new computer.
Wow! Some of the people who run these companies that make these products should be prosecuted for criminal behavior. Although that is unlikely.
PC MASTER RACE
What a bunch of dicks.
People who buy new phones EVERY TIME THE NEXT GENERATION COMES OUT are idiots. I've had only two in my life, and my current one is a Samsung Galaxy S III. The only reason I don't still use my first one is because I was new to the whole smartphone thing and didn't realize 5 gigs of storage space was not enough.
dishounorable mention:my fu**ing life.
The Motorola MC40 is proof that a smartphone can be designed to withstand being dropped from the top of a ladder onto a concrete floor, and survive with just a small dent in the shell.
"fuck earth and fuck you"
– Every Powerful Company 🙂
Ok wait. The light bulb thing is not intended failure. Filament light bulbs fail over repeated 'on/off' cycles due to in-rush current causing deterioration and stress fractures. Being on for a long period or time is not necessarily the primary cause of failure. Also, Seems strange that in 100 years there were no blackouts or outages. So with Let's assume several on/off cycles.
washing machines. the warranty usually expires after 2 years. 3 weeks after the mark, mine broke despite my very limited use of that particular machine. the technician pretty much told me to my face that there are parts (the pump) designed to fail just after warranty expiration date… irrespective of how much it's been used.
Anyone else noticed that creepy girl on 2:05
my super nes is still working
very very very true 1000 like if I can…
Computer obsolecence. I got so sick of that, I finally went out and did the work to get parts for a custom job, with the recommendations of a friend of mine who knows his parts and machines. Now if anything breaks, all I have to do is replace it. ^.~ And most of the parts shouldn't break for years to come. (My friend knows….he's got a five year old machine he built himself that still runs beautifully)
why are people so obsessed with phones….
but wait there's more!! like humans this concept will evolve and be so much worse
iPhones are the worst.
you lyers they make new consoles because you cant play super mario oddessy on the snes
theres a difrence between not lasting forever and being disened to fail
just join the pc master race
damn new cars, so much tec they barely last 10 years
Wow! Thx for reminding me! Snapped me out of that consumer b.s. that I don't need the newest things. I can wait 5 yrs. or so before buying the new Samsung 12!
Sonofabitch!!!!! As an electronics servicer, it is now all making sense. It seems like an up hill battle trying to get parts and info to repair these pieces of shit and it looks like that is the plan… more money to china and more crap in our landfill. FUCKERS! Someone call Trump.