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try like 4 decades ago where robot butlers would be in every cocktail party

Given that Labour is much shorter than material at present I think that is introducing a major cost and bottleneck.

Yep, the Roomba-Jousting Tournaments will have to adjust their check-in schedule to make way for the Drone Synchronized Flying Show.

Totally gonna happen.

Global pandemics and supply chain issues are not always easily predictable either. I am a day one reservation holder and it doesn't bother me in the slightest.

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just let it go; life ends. There is no need to continue to destroy the planet in order to generate the electricity needed to allow humans to exist forever in digital form.

OP should post this to r/blue origin. Surprised no one has posted this over there.

Could be the case, my only source is a single anecdotal case

Why would anyone support the Russian invasion by buying that game

"Archive" your life through your actions and the impact you have on peoples' lives. This is just narcissism. You have to think you're pretty special to think that anyone other than your close family would be interested in something like this.

Reminds me of the time my dad (a little bit of a narcissist) said in a phone call, "I didn't realize how interesting I am." lol.

Keep summer safe.

Europe. Here a decent laptop doesn't exist let alone under 500$ :D

What market? I am speaking of the us... They have managed to use the OS upgrade stream to force purchase... Here you can get a decent laptop for under 500$.

This logic doesn't apply to earth because escaping the atmosphere is slightly more expensive than shipping stuff from china. They're trying to avoid spending hundreds of thousands of dollars in rocket fuel to get solar panel materials up there every single time they need a new panel

How do you know?

>Planned obsolescence is mostly about greed

Unfortunately it's about decreasing purchasing power. They simply can't sell premium machines en mass like 10 years ago unless they go for new models and installments. We are still buying laptops that are 10-12 year old and that tells the whole story.

There was a startup that tried to do this with a service called Eterni.me a number of years ago. The project failed, but they had a lot of interest, especially from people who were terminally ill and wanted to leave behind something for their loved ones.

"A fraction? Oh dear lord, no. That's simply far too much"

Planned obsolescence is mostly about greed but there certain products like Iphones and computers that have been going obsoleye due to increasing computational power... we are reaching a point where we could actually make a go of #2 but the likelihood of upper management seeing a benefit is low....

profit is the only goal for investors in general and fiduciary responsability to that goal guides the decision making process.

I don't know a lot, but based on my understanding, the costs might equal out. If we are not having to pay to source new materials that would lower the cost of building. the cost goes back up again when you now factor in the extra labour costs. So, perhaps the cost won't change overall, but I think the environmental impact would be a double positive.

Agreed. Last time I posed this question I got a hundred people telling me about light bulbs but not one single person could cite another example. A lot of folks misunderstand how products are engineered and how much the relentless pursuit of Shareholder Value forces design compromises, but the intent is never to make something fail; simply to last through the warranty period as cheaply as possible.

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My kids first phones were proper agricultural. They make Nokias look flimsy.

The modern version is the Zebra TC57. They are used by supermarkets, ambulance people, police etc and are okay with being bounced around and kicked up the road etc.

Plus you can swap the batteries out like the old days. They turn up cheap on eBay or local classifieds.

This seems like a marketing issue. For example, I had no idea this existed.