odetodata:solitarelee:marzipanandminutiae:tophatandboots:New sewing machine: Nooo I need software up
odetodata:solitarelee:marzipanandminutiae:tophatandboots:New sewing machine: Nooo I need software updates.My 1904 Singer 15: Just put your back into treadling, I can sew through more layers than you dare to attempt and I will still sew through them when the sun burns out if you remember to oil meMy digital watch from like 2004: perma-dead. You think a new battery will help? It laughs at your pain. It mocks your futile scrambling. Nothing can bring it backMy pocket watch from 1872: tick tock bitchCan someone explain why this is or is the answer really just capitalismit’s called planned obsolescence, and yes, it is because of capitalism. that’s one of the very few things i remember from when i took all those advertisement and marketing classes in undergrad when the advising committee was still trying to get me to be a business major. companies design things to break or otherwise just become obsolete in a year, or a few years, so that customers will have to keep coming back to buy more. -- source link