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What's the biggest case of planned obsolescence you've dealt with? (lemmy.world)

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[–] anomnom@sh.itjust.works 2 points 9 months ago

And they make them so tricky to repair that appliance repair people will either have to charge too much or outright refuse to work on them.

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