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After 50 years how did we manage to make refrigerators less useful?

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Global Statistics's profile picture
Global Statistics1 year ago

If you make everything of high quality your customers will never need to buy from you again. You would go bankrupt unable to sustain your vast Empire of unneeded goods. Therefore all products became mass produced and replaceable. And you have become a slave to that weakness

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4KT WHO YOU HATE1 year ago

This fridge will operate for 50 years because it was built before the scourge of planned obsolescence.

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Wholesome Side of 𝕏1 year ago

Vintage 1950s fridge, with door that opens both ways..

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Eric Moore - #PickUp5 pieces of plastic trash1 year ago

If anyone was wondering how much this refrigerator would cost in 2024 dollars, I have an answer for you.

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Crazy Vibes1 year ago

Lighters with marvels of design produced in the 1900s.

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Shailesh Verma1 year ago

In 1956 Frigidaire refrigerator has more features than the latest models we have today. But after 50 years we do manage look upper 👆 video

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Global Statistics1 year ago

Manufacturers realized they weren't making profit if you didn't come back to buy again. So they made less durable ones.

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Vertigo_Warrior1 year ago

Restoring a 1950s vintage fridge

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kevin Tart 🔆1 year ago

that fridge cost $4000 in today's dollars. I bet you could get a really nice fridge today for $4000

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Nigel Grimshaw-Jones1 year ago

The attitude change from "how can this be a great product that will benefit the people who buy" it to how can I make this in the cheapest way possible. This accountancy mindset has changed everything, finance, consumer goods, drugs everything.

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