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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Chapters 00:00 Thesis 02:22 Things Are Getting Worse 08:15 My Solution 12:43 Auction 13:33 What Law Can Do 16:14 Buying Car 19:03 Subscriptions Suck 21:10 Kaboom 22:50 You will own nothing 25:06 Welcome To Gunther! 28:02 Quality! 30:25 Getting To Work 32:56 Consumer "Demand" 36:21 Everything Wrong w car 38:32 Survivorship Bias 40:17 Wiper Kaboom 41:52 Economic Endgame 45:30 But... Why? 48:15 artificial "intelligence" 51:17 Sponsor 52:52 Car No Work 58:37 What Do We Do Now? 1:03:10 Worth it?
23 Comments
fork@feddit.online · 26 pts · 26d
The video complaining about slop is sponsored by slop. Ironic.
Pretty good video, though.
InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 26d
True, i guess its part of the point on "sign of the times" type theme. idk. It really is kind of inescapable.
SuiXi3D@fedia.io · -2 pts · 25d
I can’t really blame YouTubers for taking funds wherever they can get them these days. It isn’t as though producing well-made content is free, and all the copyright BS on the platform means videos can get taken down or demonitized for the dumbest shit.
Fizz@lemmy.nz · 14 pts · 25d
Nah you can
guynamedzero@piefed.zeromedia.vip · 4 pts · 25d
Yeah, you can, and should, blame anyone for who’s paying them off
terranoid@lemmy.cafe · 25 pts · 25d
I learned how to repair most of my important stuff these days because i'm so fucking sick of it. If clothes tear in places, i sew them up and never buy that brand again.
I got some expensive "work" jeans, sold as manual labor jeans. Tore while working from my comfy home office. I work from home. Fucking insane.
Fuck subscriptions, fuck planned obsolescence. Stop buying shit. Let the market fucking crash.
Malyca@lemmy.zip · 4 pts · 25d
With the second blockade it absolutely will
Mac@mander.xyz · 18 pts · 25d
While i agree that engineers aren't getting dumber, many designs are increasingly stupid.
Over-engineering is a real problem.
My fucking car fuel door doesnt need to be motorized with a bunch if linkages and cables.
SpacetimeMachine@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 25d
I would argue they're intentionally getting more likely to break. Or at least that is no longer a concern. It's straight up a benefit to some companies.
Mac@mander.xyz · 3 pts · 25d
Yes, absolutely. I was considering other than purposeful enshittification, but we know that's happening, as well.
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 25d
They are definitely designing motors to last 100,000 miles and then fail, with small turbo motors.
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca · 6 pts · 25d
It's not over engineering. It's planned obsolescence. 2000-2005, German automakers took on a whole new business plan. No longer selling lifetime aspirational cars, switching to rented cars (or what douches call leasing) with a short second life, then to the junkyard. They built a business around the US culture of fake it until you make it and deep consumer debt. Today, we all know people driving $100k cars are still living paycheck to paycheck.
This was accomplished with engine plastics of known heat cycle durability, then "luxury" pricing that meant justifying prices with pointless gadgetry highlighted by auto "reviewers", who are not allowed to talk about long term reliability. Then along came Musk, with cars that are cheaper to make than ICE, so again, make them into rolling Best buys because American consumers love anything with a touch screen. Tesla then had the largest profit margins in the industry, while any of those gadgets or motorized switches could brick a car. Seeing success for BMW, AUDI, all others adopted this model.
Of course, the plan only augmented and wasn't sustainable, as their cars now barely last until the lease is up, and people just aren't buying.
Mac@mander.xyz · 2 pts · 24d
You're right that planned obsolescence is real, i don't think all of it is planned obsolescence.
Some of them are genuinely engineering solutions to problems and/or improved efficiency, but i, and many others, would rather have the simplicity and reliability.
SupraMario@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 25d
80s/90s 190E...is old...shit...my mind they're just 10 years old still.
mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca · 8 pts · 25d
I just had a shop tell me that it might not be worth doing the work to safety a 14yo car I bought recently. and the dealership told me that one of the bumper mounts I need is no longer available.
it's not a fucking 90s car, it's a 2012. how the fuck is a simple $50 part shared across several models not available for a 2012
SupraMario@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 25d
Wow, the newest car I have is a 2002 lx470 lol, rest of my stuff is 80s/90s, mostly Toyota....hell my 1950s MUTT I can still get parts for.
Try finding a different mechanic. Dealerships are usually there to get you to trade in the car for another one. They don't call them stealerships for nothing.
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 25d
That's what wrecking yards are for.
Cricket@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 25d
Can you share the car brand?
mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 25d
Hyundai.
Cricket@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 25d
Thanks! Good to know.
mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 25d
yeah, I only bought it because it's one of the last small wagons you can get that is a reasonable price and doesn't have dangerous or annoying tech (touchscreens, LED headlights, etc)
with all the other shit Hyundai is doing I wouldn't buy a new one. although that goes for most manufacturers. everyone is anti-customer
Cricket@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 25d
So true. It's hard to find any company that is not anti-consumer anymore.
captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 24d
They guarantee parts availability for 10 years. 2012 was 14 calendar years, 47 human years ago.