• DeuxChevaux@lemmy.world
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    6 hours ago

    If it lasts 30 years, it will not fly with the industry and the concept of planned obsolescence.

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      6 hours ago

      Ooh, they’ll figure a way to make it clock out on the last monthly payment. One little chip will do, or just a few lines of code in the right place.

      • BetaBlake@lemmy.world
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        4 hours ago

        Someone will find a way to make it a subscription service that stops working when a certain MW is exceeded

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          3 hours ago

          We are heading for a subscription LIFE.

          Did you ever see the movie THX 1138 (1971)?

          The police stop chasing him when his “value to society” runs out.