Manufacturers are making things to deliberately break just outside of warranty and also making it hard or impossible to repair components that should be easy to repair. The video below shows this clearly with washing machines.
As an appliance expert with over 40 years in the industry, I am exposing the undeniable evidence of planned obsolescence in modern domestic appliances from major brands like Bosch, Siemens, Hotpoint, AEG, Beko, Hoover, Indesit, and Zanussi. This isn’t just speculation as I use hard numbers and component costs to prove that manufacturers are designing machines to break just outside the warranty period, making them uneconomic to repair. That’s why we are fighting against Planned Obsolescence, and the main culprit is the Sealed Washing Machine Drum. Manufacturers are welding the two halves of the drum together, making it impossible to replace simple, affordable parts like the drum bearings or the spider. This isn’t poor design; it’s a calculated strategy to force you to buy a new machine, creating mountains of e-waste and putting honest repair businesses out of work.
Robin Edgar
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