Personally I see planned obsolescence as exactly capitalist innovation - the innovation being how to extract more wealth from people
Capitalist = SELL
Capitalist innovation = SELL MORE
Joke lands better with fewer words so I upvote this one instead of the other, similar comment you made. Both were good.
Planned obsolescence is a form of artificial scarcity!
Planned obsolescence took off in the 1950s. It’s not new, or exclusive to electronics. It’s funny this article criticizes Apple over Samsung or Google. Apple provides hardware repair for 5-6 years after manufacture.
Apple may provide repairs, but if the repair costs as much as a new device then it’s planned obsolescence in disguise.
They’re far less expensive to repair than replace. You can see the part cost for the most commonly needed repairs here.
A new logic board costs as much as a new computer. Hard drives are impossible to replace, RAM upgrades are hard, and even opening a Mac or iPhone voids your warranty. Not to mention all their nonsense with macOS upgrade requirements, batteries, and so on.
Logic boards are indeed expensive, and primary components are soldered directly to the logic board of portable computers. Opening your device absolutely does not void your warranty. Using a third-party part does not void your warranty, other than its application to the third-party component, or damage as the result of a non-AASP repair.
https://www.apple.com/legal/sales-support/terms/repair/Retail_Repair_US_Terms_Conditions.html
Capitalist = SELL
Capitalist innovation = SELL MORE
I mean, they weren’t lying. mostly.
