they sure don’t make them like they used
to and that’s intentional
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top 10
products designed to fail before we
begin we publish new videos every day
so be sure to subscribe for more great
content for this list we’re looking at
products that best embody the concept of
planned obsolescence using a variety of
methods companies deliberately shorten
the lifespan of their own products
forcing consumers to become repeat
customers earlier than necessary
the end result greater profit for the
company as the consumers expense number
10 refrigerators all right yes is your
refrigerator running equal to VG’s you
better go catch it chocolate in 2016 the
queen of England’s late Mother’s
refrigerator celebrated its 62nd
birthday that setup might sound like a
bad joke but just ask yourself can you
think of a household appliance you
personally encountered that’s made at
past 60 how about 50 40 30
the average refrigerator lifespan is now
estimated at 13 to 17 years with compact
refrigerators rarely making it past the
age of 12 oh I don’t know what breaks my
fridge the Queen mums fridge a General
Motors Frigidaire with its 6 inch thick
doors and mechanical parts was built to
last
the modern fridge is certainly more
energy efficient but comes cheaply
assembled modern appliances made of
plastic and electronic parts are
delicate when compared to their
post-world war two predecessors number 9
video games this is great and all exotic
dancer my name some real house not all
examples of planned obsolescence involve
shoddy construction the video game
industry like many other purveyors of
electronics prefers to employ systematic
obsolescence to keep the money coming by
releasing new consoles without backwards
compatibility and forcing gamers to
purchase the latest console in order to
play the newest titles old titles and
consoles are rendered at least partially
obsolete the advent of downloadable
content has also resulted in product
with deliberately limited long-term
playability encouraging players to
purchase DLC if they wish to keep things
interesting the sports based franchises
need to release a new installment
every year no intentionally limiting
innovation to save features for future
installments developers include just
enough improvements with each release to
generate interest it asked me for some
new video game I see them
he’s Nvidia video even know what’s
called go right the yard number 8
pantyhose or tights a stonking that
lasted celebrated his great progress but
the joy was short-lived one night out
can be enough to ruin a pair of
pantyhose the lightest mag can tear
those brand new stockings even when
treated with the utmost care nylons
quickly begin to develop runs there
doesn’t seem to be any way around it
women who wear pantyhose are always
replacing them but pantyhose aren’t
inherently delicate apparel in the early
20th century women wore essentially
indestructible ones but if you sell a
woman enough pantyhose to get through
the week and they last forever you
quickly run out of clients nylon
stockings were strong enough to tow a
car until DuPont the company that
invented them had their scientists
rework the concept to rip run and wear
out more quickly number 7 textbooks
searched for your books trade-in value
by title or ISBN at the textbook buy
back page if your high school used 30
year old textbooks chances are you
weren’t getting the most up-to-date
education that being said the frequency
with which new editions of textbooks are
released particularly at the university
level as little to do with ensuring that
you get current information more often
than not the author has no interest in
revising their works but is required to
do so why because new editions are the
only way for publishers to promote
continued sales two hundred and thirty
dollars for three books for two classes
otherwise students would just purchase
second-hand copies yes it’s important to
keep textbooks up to date let the study
of physics geology or ancient Greece
isn’t changing drastically enough to
justify a new edition at the current
rate roughly every three and a half
years you can’t always sell them back so
they can that gets upsetting because you
never know what to do with it we can’t
anyway number six light bulbs why are
there so many burnt-out one cuz they
won’t hire an assistant the light bulb
conspiracy is a 2010 documentary that
shed some much-needed light on the issue
of planned obsolescence although it
covered the economic theory in various
forms it’s named after one of the
earliest known examples the light bulb
there’s a light bulb in Livermore
California that’s been on since 1901 a
webcam sends images of the Livermore
light bulb via the internet 24 hours a
day known as the Centennial light it’s
proof of the potential of light bulb and
the artificially shortened lifespan has
been forced upon them the Phoebus cartel
formed in 1924 to standardize the life
expectancy of light bulbs at 1,000 hours
at that time many brands offered 2500
our models or less than the cartels
price light bulbs weren’t the only ones
getting screwed nobody knows why why it
keeps burning number five televisions
there’s no more fussing with several
dials you just turn this one dial and
you are tuned in perfectly
are there still TV repairman out there
it certainly used to be a profession DVD
right there when TVs first made their
way into living rooms across the nation
they were a serious investment and they
were expected to last when they did
finally break he didn’t just throw them
to the curb and buy a new one
you had them repaired the buttons on old
tube TVs didn’t fall off and pixels
didn’t suddenly die however the modern
TV is cheaply made and is not designed
to be repaired let’s unbox this baby
together repairs on modern flat screens
typically cost more than a replacement
but considering most people buy a bigger
better flat screen every few years
companies have little motivation to
design durable models mom dad a TV
broken actually Chris I got rid of our
television this is our new bookshelf and
I think you’ll find it has more channels
than any TV we’ve ever owned
number four cars oh that’s it we are as
a problem with the gas take the gas
Alfred P Sloan is often credited for
pioneering planned obsolescence or at
least being the first to implement it on
a large scale
head of general motors in the 1920s
Sloane faced a dilemma how do you get
people to buy new cars when they already
have one
his answer the model year system cars
don’t need technological improvements to
justify the release of a new model
they just need a facelift the 1923
Chevrolet is considered to be among the
first car models to feature a little
more than cosmetic changes it was the
same old car underneath but thanks to
style obsolescence the new model was
more desirable than the previous one
seemingly old by comparison well yeah
I’ve always been interested in vintage
cars in old cars number three printers I
want to talk today about an infuriating
issue printer ink many ink cartridges
have a smart chip which is designed to
inform the printer when it’s low
convenient right but these smart chips
have a habit of being over eager
declaring themselves empty when they’ve
only used 75% of their ink worse some
printer models contain a literal kill
switch which stops all functionality
after a certain amount of use they’re
the easiest to use printers in a market
I will try to manage my excitement
according to the manufacturers this
safety feature automatically locks the
printer after it’s been used enough to
potentially feel the waste ink reservoir
servicing the printer is usually more
expensive than buying a new one upon
further investigation the reservoirs are
often far from full or even empty it’s
an artificially shortened lifespan via
programmed obsolescence at its most
obvious
fund any direction death no effect
number two computers computer technology
is constantly improving so much so that
people are only too happy to upgrade
regularly but manufacturers aren’t happy
to trust in innovation to drive sales
systematic obsolescence via system
upgrades and new must-have software is a
much more reliable method of forcing new
purchases your old laptop works
perfectly but you can’t install the new
Adobe because your OS is too old so you
try to upgrade BOS but what your
machines hardware isn’t compatible all
of a sudden you need a new computer the
chances are that new OS would have made
your machine sluggish anyway and before
you get out the pitchforks it’s not just
Apple various PC makers have been
criticized for using cheaper parts to
ensure a shorter lifespan what’s the
precise nature of the problem number one
phone it’s the best iPhones we’ve ever
made what’s nearly as expensive as a
computer but breaks twice as often
your beloved smartphone Oh an FYI that
coming out with a new iPhone today which
means all our old phones are going to
completely Dom it most people don’t go
anywhere without it and likely feel
pretty lost the moment it dies
smartphone makers are well aware of just
how attached you’ve become and they make
sure to capitalize on that obsession
from every possible angle software
updates crippled old models phones are
often designed to inhibit third-party
repairs ensuring that what’s broken
can’t be fixed
thanks to proprietary screws and
excessive gluing in house repairs are
also prohibitively expensive style
obsolescence in the form of a new model
every year ensures that fashion ability
plays its part to smartphones so quicker
and worse they make them the richer they
get okay it’s $500 you have no choice of
carrier the battery can’t hold a charge
and the reception isn’t very shut up and
take my money do you agree with our
picks check out these other great clips
from WatchMojo and subscribe for new
videos every day
you
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to and that’s intentional
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top 10
products designed to fail before we
begin we publish new videos every day
so be sure to subscribe for more great
content for this list we’re looking at
products that best embody the concept of
planned obsolescence using a variety of
methods companies deliberately shorten
the lifespan of their own products
forcing consumers to become repeat
customers earlier than necessary
the end result greater profit for the
company as the consumers expense number
10 refrigerators all right yes is your
refrigerator running equal to VG’s you
better go catch it chocolate in 2016 the
queen of England’s late Mother’s
refrigerator celebrated its 62nd
birthday that setup might sound like a
bad joke but just ask yourself can you
think of a household appliance you
personally encountered that’s made at
past 60 how about 50 40 30
the average refrigerator lifespan is now
estimated at 13 to 17 years with compact
refrigerators rarely making it past the
age of 12 oh I don’t know what breaks my
fridge the Queen mums fridge a General
Motors Frigidaire with its 6 inch thick
doors and mechanical parts was built to
last
the modern fridge is certainly more
energy efficient but comes cheaply
assembled modern appliances made of
plastic and electronic parts are
delicate when compared to their
post-world war two predecessors number 9
video games this is great and all exotic
dancer my name some real house not all
examples of planned obsolescence involve
shoddy construction the video game
industry like many other purveyors of
electronics prefers to employ systematic
obsolescence to keep the money coming by
releasing new consoles without backwards
compatibility and forcing gamers to
purchase the latest console in order to
play the newest titles old titles and
consoles are rendered at least partially
obsolete the advent of downloadable
content has also resulted in product
with deliberately limited long-term
playability encouraging players to
purchase DLC if they wish to keep things
interesting the sports based franchises
need to release a new installment
every year no intentionally limiting
innovation to save features for future
installments developers include just
enough improvements with each release to
generate interest it asked me for some
new video game I see them
he’s Nvidia video even know what’s
called go right the yard number 8
pantyhose or tights a stonking that
lasted celebrated his great progress but
the joy was short-lived one night out
can be enough to ruin a pair of
pantyhose the lightest mag can tear
those brand new stockings even when
treated with the utmost care nylons
quickly begin to develop runs there
doesn’t seem to be any way around it
women who wear pantyhose are always
replacing them but pantyhose aren’t
inherently delicate apparel in the early
20th century women wore essentially
indestructible ones but if you sell a
woman enough pantyhose to get through
the week and they last forever you
quickly run out of clients nylon
stockings were strong enough to tow a
car until DuPont the company that
invented them had their scientists
rework the concept to rip run and wear
out more quickly number 7 textbooks
searched for your books trade-in value
by title or ISBN at the textbook buy
back page if your high school used 30
year old textbooks chances are you
weren’t getting the most up-to-date
education that being said the frequency
with which new editions of textbooks are
released particularly at the university
level as little to do with ensuring that
you get current information more often
than not the author has no interest in
revising their works but is required to
do so why because new editions are the
only way for publishers to promote
continued sales two hundred and thirty
dollars for three books for two classes
otherwise students would just purchase
second-hand copies yes it’s important to
keep textbooks up to date let the study
of physics geology or ancient Greece
isn’t changing drastically enough to
justify a new edition at the current
rate roughly every three and a half
years you can’t always sell them back so
they can that gets upsetting because you
never know what to do with it we can’t
anyway number six light bulbs why are
there so many burnt-out one cuz they
won’t hire an assistant the light bulb
conspiracy is a 2010 documentary that
shed some much-needed light on the issue
of planned obsolescence although it
covered the economic theory in various
forms it’s named after one of the
earliest known examples the light bulb
there’s a light bulb in Livermore
California that’s been on since 1901 a
webcam sends images of the Livermore
light bulb via the internet 24 hours a
day known as the Centennial light it’s
proof of the potential of light bulb and
the artificially shortened lifespan has
been forced upon them the Phoebus cartel
formed in 1924 to standardize the life
expectancy of light bulbs at 1,000 hours
at that time many brands offered 2500
our models or less than the cartels
price light bulbs weren’t the only ones
getting screwed nobody knows why why it
keeps burning number five televisions
there’s no more fussing with several
dials you just turn this one dial and
you are tuned in perfectly
are there still TV repairman out there
it certainly used to be a profession DVD
right there when TVs first made their
way into living rooms across the nation
they were a serious investment and they
were expected to last when they did
finally break he didn’t just throw them
to the curb and buy a new one
you had them repaired the buttons on old
tube TVs didn’t fall off and pixels
didn’t suddenly die however the modern
TV is cheaply made and is not designed
to be repaired let’s unbox this baby
together repairs on modern flat screens
typically cost more than a replacement
but considering most people buy a bigger
better flat screen every few years
companies have little motivation to
design durable models mom dad a TV
broken actually Chris I got rid of our
television this is our new bookshelf and
I think you’ll find it has more channels
than any TV we’ve ever owned
number four cars oh that’s it we are as
a problem with the gas take the gas
Alfred P Sloan is often credited for
pioneering planned obsolescence or at
least being the first to implement it on
a large scale
head of general motors in the 1920s
Sloane faced a dilemma how do you get
people to buy new cars when they already
have one
his answer the model year system cars
don’t need technological improvements to
justify the release of a new model
they just need a facelift the 1923
Chevrolet is considered to be among the
first car models to feature a little
more than cosmetic changes it was the
same old car underneath but thanks to
style obsolescence the new model was
more desirable than the previous one
seemingly old by comparison well yeah
I’ve always been interested in vintage
cars in old cars number three printers I
want to talk today about an infuriating
issue printer ink many ink cartridges
have a smart chip which is designed to
inform the printer when it’s low
convenient right but these smart chips
have a habit of being over eager
declaring themselves empty when they’ve
only used 75% of their ink worse some
printer models contain a literal kill
switch which stops all functionality
after a certain amount of use they’re
the easiest to use printers in a market
I will try to manage my excitement
according to the manufacturers this
safety feature automatically locks the
printer after it’s been used enough to
potentially feel the waste ink reservoir
servicing the printer is usually more
expensive than buying a new one upon
further investigation the reservoirs are
often far from full or even empty it’s
an artificially shortened lifespan via
programmed obsolescence at its most
obvious
fund any direction death no effect
number two computers computer technology
is constantly improving so much so that
people are only too happy to upgrade
regularly but manufacturers aren’t happy
to trust in innovation to drive sales
systematic obsolescence via system
upgrades and new must-have software is a
much more reliable method of forcing new
purchases your old laptop works
perfectly but you can’t install the new
Adobe because your OS is too old so you
try to upgrade BOS but what your
machines hardware isn’t compatible all
of a sudden you need a new computer the
chances are that new OS would have made
your machine sluggish anyway and before
you get out the pitchforks it’s not just
Apple various PC makers have been
criticized for using cheaper parts to
ensure a shorter lifespan what’s the
precise nature of the problem number one
phone it’s the best iPhones we’ve ever
made what’s nearly as expensive as a
computer but breaks twice as often
your beloved smartphone Oh an FYI that
coming out with a new iPhone today which
means all our old phones are going to
completely Dom it most people don’t go
anywhere without it and likely feel
pretty lost the moment it dies
smartphone makers are well aware of just
how attached you’ve become and they make
sure to capitalize on that obsession
from every possible angle software
updates crippled old models phones are
often designed to inhibit third-party
repairs ensuring that what’s broken
can’t be fixed
thanks to proprietary screws and
excessive gluing in house repairs are
also prohibitively expensive style
obsolescence in the form of a new model
every year ensures that fashion ability
plays its part to smartphones so quicker
and worse they make them the richer they
get okay it’s $500 you have no choice of
carrier the battery can’t hold a charge
and the reception isn’t very shut up and
take my money do you agree with our
picks check out these other great clips
from WatchMojo and subscribe for new
videos every day
you
[Music]
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