Comment on The notion that "old is bad and new is good" is a seriously damaging part of western capitalism brainwashing

Magnum@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  While not always true, a lot of older things were/are better. Everything built today is made for planned obsolescence. Meanwhile there are still motors and ac units from 1950 working perfectly. Now yes those were the well built ones. But still. Nothing built today will last that long, guaranteed, because a circuit board with an unreplaceable chip will no longer be attainable.

  My fridge is from 1990. Works perfectly. How many 6 year old fridges have I seen go to shit? A lot. Even worse now that they try to shove tech where it shouldn’t be. I guess thats the main factor. Leave tech out of my life where its not needed.

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