Jules wrote:
On Sun, 15 Nov 2009 20:36:06 -0500, aemeijers wrote:
On a lot of stuff, other than lower assembly cost (and looking Kewel and
hi-tech), I gotta wonder why they went to electronic controls. On some
things, electro-mechanical makes a lot more sense, and lasts longer.

Couldn't agree more. Unfortunately the majority equate "electronic" with
"better", so that's what the manufacturers give us.

The clock gets thrown in because it costs them next to nothing to do so
and gives them something else to put on the feature-list - and lots of
folk buy based on features, even if they don't need 90% of them and the
design is compromised as a result.

Technically someone could make a coffee maker that lasts 20 years, is
fully servicable, and doesn't cost the earth in parts. But where's the
incentive to do that when they can just as easily market an inferior
product with a shorter lifespan, safe in the knowledge that people will
keep coming back for more of the same?
/rant



But wally and friends have everyone programmed to think that cheap
prices are all that matters. Anyone who buys from wally/big box etc has
voted for what they have been told is important to them.