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re: Making a product "too good". Has this ever been a problem with a product?
Posted on 2/20/17 at 11:47 am to bhtigerfan
Posted on 2/20/17 at 11:47 am to bhtigerfan
Yes, planned obsolescence is a thing.
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Posted on 2/20/17 at 12:13 pm to crazy4lsu
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planned obsolescence is a thing.
It is, but it's not the same as mean time to failure.
Planned obsolescence is the idea that a product will run its course due to a newer, better product or software platform. Apple releases a new iOS version that isn't compatible with your current iPhone, resulting in apps not updating or working properly, and in many times sluggish hardware.
The user becomes frustrated and dumps a perfectly useful device for the latest and greatest one.
Mean time to failure is a known value to a manufacturer, used in production cost ratios for products like tvs, washers, etc. Sony is famous for utilizing MTF in its products. As a result, consumers are forced to purchase new products due to inferior internal components known to a manufacturer as a single point of failure.
Posted on 2/20/17 at 12:17 pm to crazy4lsu
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Yes, planned obsolescence is a thing.
For a very very very long time in American industry.
I think Bic shavers started the ball rolling in this ideology. They sold their sturdy life-lasting chrome safety razors - and razor blades cost nothing. So they weren't making enough money. Once you bought a razor, that was it - usually for life.
Ergo, the disposable razor with piece of crap blades that you can use maybe twice.
Don't sell just the razor blades, sell the razor blades and razor as a molded unit and you can jack up the price of a cheap razor blade - because it's just basically a razor blade attached to a plastic stick.
I watched a documentary where they show there is still a light bulb in some old firehouse that has been running for over 80 years.
Just like with razors, lightbulbs and batteries had to ensure to make products that had a very short shelf-life - even though they could make shite that basically lasts forever.
This post was edited on 2/20/17 at 12:19 pm
Posted on 2/20/17 at 4:18 pm to crazy4lsu
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planned obsolescence
That used to be a marketing strategy for American car manufacturers, and succeeded up to about the mid-1970s when Japanese and other imports became readily available.
2 years later Chrysler became insolvent and required a government bailout
This post was edited on 2/20/17 at 4:19 pm
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