Should we force manufactures to make parts that break/deteriorate

>>57231369
>should we force
No.

>Should we force manufactures
Only possible if people collectively avoid those laptops. But this will never happen because the most people are stupid or lazy.

Btw, I fantasized that if I was a billionaire I would make the best ThinkPads in the world. The people would buy it because it lasts long and has best quality and not because their old laptop dies because it's shit and has Geplante Obsolenz. (What is it called in English?)

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>>57231369

spoilt brat. i am posting on a 2011 mac air tethered to a iphone 4s. thats 5 fucking years and they have minimal wear. They are literally perfect.

you have no idea how far we have come. you will never have a 6mno button on 600 dollar moto razr just stop working or a hinge on a 2000 dollar toshiba laptop fail and make them perfectly useless...

dont even get me started when a drop of water nucked my first ipod shuffle...

you are living in the future. be happy and shut the fuck up

>>57231369
Depends on what you mean by "force". Not buy the products, maybe. Create laws about it, certainly not.

Obsolescence can be largely subjective. Until early 2015 I was using a ThinkPad from 2002 as my primary computer. Most people would have considered that machine obsolete and unusable many years before I did. I was able to easily replace the battery, but a whole bunch of other parts failed on that machine that the average person would not have attempted to replace. Someone like me might benefit from a laptop built to last over a decade, but other people would think it's not worth it to build a laptop that lasts more than a few years, so there's not a clear agreement on how to economize laptops.

>>57231369
>Should we force
No

>make parts that break/deteriorate long before the device itself become obsolete to be replaceable without any special skills or training?
That would be a bad thing, considering it would put serious restrictions on how manufacturers can design and optimise their products.

>>57231445
I think planned obsolescence is what your looking for