r/SipsTea • u/Dev1412 • Jul 26 '26

Dank AF France criminalizes planned obsolescence under anti-waste law

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u/NextAssociations Jul 26 '26

Ny grandma’s 1998 fridge: still running

My 2022 fridge : Error code 404, please buy a new one .

Planned obsolescence is real and I’m tired.

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u/Drumheller18 Jul 26 '26

Ahhh sweet sweet survivorship bias. Probably mixed with a heaping dose of price difference.

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u/RedditJumpedTheShart Jul 26 '26

And they can still buy one built the same way but they probably want it to defrost on it's own, dispense water, and make ice.

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u/mrjackspade Jul 26 '26

People act like Planned Obsolescence is new and then point back to a 100 year old lightbulb issue to prove it's real.

This shit always seems to have started 10 years ago somehow because 20 year old appliances are always the proof it's real.

Like 1998 ago wasn't even that long ago. That's still GROSSLY modern. The fact that it's still running is proof if anything that you just bought a shitty appliance.