Unplugging the Secrets of Planned Obsolescence | Case File 290

Alien Theorists Theorizing

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🗓️ 4 September 2023

⏱️ 79 minutes

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2017, the year of "Batterygate," when tech company titan Apple confesses to intentionally slowing down older iPhones through software updates, igniting public uproar and legal scrutiny. Is this a mere misstep, or a calculated element of a deeper strategy. Each iOS update, each annual product release, seems woven into a grander design to keep consumers ensnared in a never-ending loop of need and waste. As we navigate this engineered maze of fading batteries and obsolete devices, questions loom large. Could this pattern be more than just a drive for profit? What other forces lie behind this cycle, encouraging a culture of endless consumption and environmental toll? This case file, join the Theorists as they dissect the Apple orchard to reveal the rot at the heart of... The iConspiracy: Unplugging the Secrets of Planned Obsolescence.

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0:00.0	At TFL, we're making journeys safer for everyone, and that includes improving safety on London's roads.
0:07.4	That's why we and London boroughs are lowering more speed limits to 20 miles per hour,
0:12.3	because 20 miles per hour roads have already reduced collisions resulting in deaths or
0:16.8	serious injuries by 24%. That is how we're making journeys in London safer and brighter for everyone.
0:24.8	Such TFL improvement plan to the Mayor of London and TFL every journey matters.
0:37.5	2017, the Year of Batterygate. When tech company Titan Apple confesses to intentionally slowing
0:46.1	down older iPhones through software updates, igniting public abroad and legal scrutiny.
0:52.5	Is this a mere misstep or a calculated element of a deeper strategy?
0:59.8	Each iOS update, each annual product released, seems woven into a grander design to keep
1:06.5	consumers ensnared in a never-ending loop of need and waste. As we navigate this engineered maze
1:14.9	of fading batteries and obsolete devices, questions loom large. Could this pattern be more than
1:22.8	just a drive for profit? What other forces lie behind this cycle, encouraging a culture of endless
1:29.6	consumption and environmental toll? This case filed, join the theories as they dissect the Apple
1:36.5	orchard to reveal the rot at the heart of the eye conspiracy, unplugging the secrets of planned
1:44.5	obsolescence.
2:09.2	Welcome to alien theorist theorizing case file 290. The light bulb conspiracy.
2:20.0	We're planned obsolescence. I'm Braden. I'm Zell. I'm Dan. And I'm Andrew. It's all a
2:27.5	fucking scam, baby. We knew it all along too. Everyone knows it. We knew it. All the fucking scam.
2:36.3	Just before we get going on what a scam everything is in today's society. We should have
2:42.8	called it trash society. Quick shout out to a fan that's battling cancer right now. Brody,
2:51.6	I'm not going to say his last name. I don't know if I should say his last name. I just say Brody.
2:57.1	He's been a theorite for quite a few years.
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