Cantaloupe@lemmy.fedioasis.cc to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 days agoWhat’s a conspiracy theory you no longer call a theory?message-squaremessage-square62linkfedilinkarrow-up183arrow-down17file-text
arrow-up176arrow-down1message-squareWhat’s a conspiracy theory you no longer call a theory?Cantaloupe@lemmy.fedioasis.cc to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 days agomessage-square62linkfedilinkfile-text
Thread was posted in the wrong location, had to remake it. What’s a conspiracy theory you no longer call a theory?
minus-squareRedacted@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up68arrow-down1·2 days agoJohn deer purposefully puts out vehicles with faulty or low life parts so that they break down and need to be repaired, letting them essentially sell each vehicle twice. Right to repair laws need to be a thing asap.
minus-squareFreeAZ@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·23 hours agoIts not just John Deere, lots of companies do this. Its called planned obsolescence.
minus-squareNotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·17 hours agoEngineer: we can use this $0.05 nut and it should last a decade, or we can use this $0.049 nut and it’ll maybe last 2 years. Boss: Use the 0.49 nut and were giving you a promotion!
John deer purposefully puts out vehicles with faulty or low life parts so that they break down and need to be repaired, letting them essentially sell each vehicle twice.
Right to repair laws need to be a thing asap.
Its not just John Deere, lots of companies do this. Its called planned obsolescence.
Engineer: we can use this $0.05 nut and it should last a decade, or we can use this $0.049 nut and it’ll maybe last 2 years.
Boss: Use the 0.49 nut and were giving you a promotion!
It’s not just deere