Too_Many_Tools wrote:

I am surprised that others have not responded
to Ig's idea...it is an excellent one.

Nope, a complete dud.

All I have ever found is examples of bad design.

Like an archaeologist, one can study the decline and
fall of manufacturing by studying discarded goods.

There is no 'decline and fall' there has in fact been
a tremendous SURGE in manufacturing instead.

It is very apparent when one does this as to how many
goods have turned from good implementations to crap.

Mindlessly silly if you actually analyse the reliability of even
the most trivial stuff like moulded power cords and plug packs.

The end result forces the consumer to spend more
money on goods that would not need to be purchased.

You can keep repeating that mindless line till you
are blue in the face if you like, changes nothing.

And it is intentional.

The only intention is to produce cheap product in very high
volume and that inevitably sees some crap product aimed at
those who concentrate on JUST the price when buying stuff.

Even you cant seriously believe that the lousy reliability
of US cars compared with the best of the Jap imports
is due to deliberately designing the cars to fail early.

Or maybe you actually are that silly.


Ignoramus16071 wrote:
TO the skeptics of the "planned obsolescence" and "designed to fail"
theory, I have a simple suggestion.

Take household machines from trash and take them apart. Look for
signs of above mentioned behaviours -- and you will find plenty. Such
as parts that are obviously designed to fail.


i