SMN: They Literally Don't Make Things Like They Used To

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🗓️ 20 September 2023

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Hi. In today's episode, we look at Planned Obsolescence, the resulting mountains of e-waste, and why companies don't want you to be able to fix their crummy products. Sources: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1FQR6d3vksFP5Mq4KhbAWRBkg_7Vj9cfTrfGJNrK7VdE/edit?usp=sharing Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/somemorenews Check out our MERCH STORE: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/somemorenews SUBSCRIBE to SOME MORE NEWS: https://tinyurl.com/ybfx89rh Subscribe to the Some More News and Even More News audio podcasts: Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/some-more-news/id1364825229 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6ebqegozpFt9hY2WJ7TDiA?si=5keGjCe5SxejFN1XkQlZ3w&dl_branch=1 Follow us on social media: Twitter: https://twitter.com/SomeMoreNews Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/SomeMoreNews/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SomeMoreNews/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@somemorenews If you want to take ownership of your health, try AG1 and get a FREE 1-year supply of Vitamin D AND 5 Free AG1 Travel Packs with your first purchase. Go to https://drinkAG1.com/MORENEWS. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0	Everyone, shush up!
0:04.0	Shhh!
0:05.0	We're doing the news now.
0:06.5	Yes, you in the back, shush as well.
0:08.0	Thank you, okay.
0:09.0	Breaking news!
0:10.0	Breaking news!
0:11.0	Here's some more of it.
0:12.0	It's...
0:15.0	Planned obsolescence is a thing.
0:18.0	That's...
0:19.0	That's the news.
0:20.0	Look, I'm sorry I was so short with you earlier.
0:22.0	But have you noticed that more of your clothes are getting worn out and getting holes in them more quickly?
0:28.0	Or do you ever run out of ink in your printer and see the price of a fresh ink cartridge is around the same cost of a new printer?
0:35.0	Do you ever wonder why your refrigerator died after 10 years of freezing halotop ice cream?
0:40.0	But your hot grandma's 1930s-ass fridge still keeps Doc Fudgem's cocoa-wipple-dick iced milk cold.
0:46.0	That's...
0:47.0	Planned obsolescence.
0:48.0	And I know that sounds very low stakes, but please rest assured that the episode won't just be me griping about how they don't make stuff like they used to.
0:57.0	That said, they don't make stuff like they used to.
1:01.0	And there's a larger implication to that.
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