Shelf-life for a regular video game usually is about three to five years, and that's it.
I have read on a Kindle. But the Kindle we had only worked for about eight months then it stopped working. You don't have to get books repaired.
People are asking that question again if Max is being too tough on his equipment, but that's complete nonsense. He can't overdrive, he can't break the material. We all know what it is: it's just the equipment that isn't good enough.
I took my iPod to the Apple store here in Manhattan and asked them to replace the battery. And they explained to me that Apple does not offer a service to replace the battery in the iPod, and my best bet was to buy a new iPod.
Why buy a product that it takes 2000 flushes to get rid of?
What we sell are not products... that customers are going to put in a closet and forget.
I never understand how the lipstick business goes on because lipstick lasts forever.
But planned obsolescence is possible only if the rate of technological change is contained.
