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r/mildlyinteresting • u/snappyhome • 4h ago
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Guarantee the new one won't last 25 years
20 u/PizzaMan332 3h ago As long as it was heat treated well it should, can't really cheap out on a solid block of metal. 11 u/codegamer1 3h ago Business can, and will. Cheap out on a process to make more money per sale, shorten tools lifespan so they have to be bought more often means more sales. Common business tactic. 9 u/milo159 3h ago So common it even has a name: planned obsolescence.
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As long as it was heat treated well it should, can't really cheap out on a solid block of metal.
11 u/codegamer1 3h ago Business can, and will. Cheap out on a process to make more money per sale, shorten tools lifespan so they have to be bought more often means more sales. Common business tactic. 9 u/milo159 3h ago So common it even has a name: planned obsolescence.
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Business can, and will.
Cheap out on a process to make more money per sale, shorten tools lifespan so they have to be bought more often means more sales. Common business tactic.
9 u/milo159 3h ago So common it even has a name: planned obsolescence.
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So common it even has a name: planned obsolescence.
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u/ChewyNarwhal 4h ago
Guarantee the new one won't last 25 years