http://www.at-runtime.com ...because life isn't set until it happens... Sun, 16 Oct 2011 23:54:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.at-runtime.com/blog/2011/10/12/they-just-dont-makeem-like-they-used-to/comment-page-1/#comment-752 Kathleen Sun, 16 Oct 2011 23:54:45 +0000 http://www.at-runtime.com/?p=560#comment-752 Planned obsolescence, it's actually an idea introduced in business courses as a positive thing to keep sales going. "Make it crappy so it'll work for two years then they'll have no choice to buy a new one!" those photos of old gameboys make me want to play the original pokemon on my old gray brick that still works (almost two decades later). Planned obsolescence, it’s actually an idea introduced in business courses as a positive thing to keep sales going. “Make it crappy so it’ll work for two years then they’ll have no choice to buy a new one!” those photos of old gameboys make me want to play the original pokemon on my old gray brick that still works (almost two decades later).

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