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I Bought And Restored "Old" Technology To Prove The Economy Is Imploding (www.youtube.com)
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Everything SUCKS now and we all know it. And, it's more than just planned obsolescence- the slop is everywhere and its unavoidable. It's not like technology is regressing or engineers are getting dumber... So then why is everything so bad that the economy is on its way to demise?

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[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 day ago

They are definitely designing motors to last 100,000 miles and then fail, with small turbo motors.