It's called "built in obsolence" and is the single biggest driver of planet destruction in my view.
The necessity of buying new stuff because the old stuff broke and can't be cheaply and easily repaired makes untold profits for owners of primary resources, but it only started fairly recently.
The necessity of buying new stuff because the old stuff broke and can't be cheaply and easily repaired makes untold profits for owners of primary resources, but it only started fairly recently.
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I just moved and have been furniture shopping. I swear, the quality of most everything I have been looking at is so bad!
The constant reproduction of low-quality products is so bad for the environment.
Cells degrade … very slowly … even as researchers work to find paths to increase longevity
Then again here I am staring at a library of movies, music, and software I've paid full retail price to borrow