Planned Obsolescence: The Right to a Product | Corporate Casket

Go to http://mintmobile.com/casket to cut your wireless bill to $15 a month. Go to http://purple.com/casket to get 10% off any order of $200 or more. Planned obsolescence is a concept that many companies have been accused of, Light Bulbs, Apple, and John Deere for example. Technology, has it been designed to fail so that we’ll be forced to buy more of it, and just how deep do these conspiracies and theories go? Also, why can’t we fix things when they do fail? This episode will also address the Right to Repair, and why companies interfere with these rights. (Hint: the reason is always money.) Welcome to the Corporate Casket, a semiweekly series where bad businesses go to die. We will discuss any and everything from bad charities, terrible CEOs, and businesses that have a lot to hide. Connect with me: https://linktr.ee/iilluminaughtii Sources: https://jpst.it/2NSqs Writers/Researchers/Helpers: Ali Zagame This episode was edited by: Catechism: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1X38twKH-ePKOMQclh8a6g & Doing Family: https://www.youtube.com/c/DoingFamily & Kelpie & Michael: https://www.flowcode.com/page/michaelseim & The Mysterious Brian This episode's audio was mixed by: G. Thomas Craig Artists: Sprites made by https://plegberb.tumblr.com/ Outro song is Cake by Retrovision You made it all the way to the bottom of my description box so, hello there. #iilluminaughtii #plannedobsolescence #righttorepair


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