Comment on You know how bad it needs to be to be ignored for over 2 decades!

kamen@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• Sagifurius@lemm.ee ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I have a freezer from 1953, works fine.

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  • sfgifz@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    No, it’s not survivorship bias

    Yes it is. It is almost guaranteed that there are appliances from 2000s still working fine while your 1950s pice is one of the last few left. Just because your reality has a different view doesn’t mean it’s the same on a global scale.

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    • Sagifurius@lemm.ee ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      No, it’s not. You should see a bunch of appliances from that era like you do older ones, but they’re just gone.

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  • bruhduh@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Nokia 3310 would like to have a chat with you

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    • Sagifurius@lemm.ee ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      appliances

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• helpImTrappedOnline@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  That’s before they started building them to fail. Why? Because a freezer that’s been running since '97 is at least two unsold new freezers.

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  • phx@lemmy.ca ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    There’s also a lot of other stuff that changed over time. New appliances may be more efficient, run on different (more environmentally friendly) coolant, have lead-free solder circuits, etc.

    The thing is, a lot of that old stuff which was found to have health or environment issues also lasted longer. Leaded solder didn’t get burrs, for example. The components may also have been easier to repair.

    But there’s also survivor bias. For every old freezer that sat in grandma’s basement for 2-3 decades many more ended up in a scrap heap.

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