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@Ea7krc@mastodon.sdf.org @Npars01 @pseudonym one of the reasons it’s cheaper is because making it to come apart is more complicated. Bolts instead of rivets, panels instead of moulded in one. Another reason is that big biz subsidise ‘smart appliances’ for the data they harvest.
There are a number of factors behind planned obsolescence & internet-enabled everything
Surveillance capitalism
https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/shoshana-zuboff/the-age-of-surveillance-capitalism/9781610395694/?lens=publicaffairs
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surveillance_capitalism
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/oct/04/shoshana-zuboff-surveillance-capitalism-assault-human-automomy-digital-privacy
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/jan/20/shoshana-zuboff-age-of-surveillance-capitalism-google-facebook
https://theconversation.com/explainer-what-is-surveillance-capitalism-and-how-does-it-shape-our-economy-119158
Maximizing wasteful electricity usage
https://news.climate.columbia.edu/2022/05/04/cryptocurrency-energy/
The fossil fuel & tech sectors encourage consumer products that waste electricity & monopolize broadband for trivial uses.
The telecoms use it to get government subsidies