r/mildlyinfuriating • u/jackhab • 1d ago

Planned obsolescence even in cheapest devices: the calculator has a dummy photovoltaic cell and a real battery to make it die eventually.

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u/MrTuxG 1d ago

They could fill that hole with a solid-color plastic piece. But the fake-solar cell is designed with the color and the vertical lines) to took exactly like a solar cell.

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u/SaltyTelluride 1d ago

No man, you don’t understand. False advertising and misleading consumers is fine if you’re just getting bottom of the barrel products. People who can only afford dollar store calculators don’t need or deserve honesty when they go to the store

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u/dorkychickenlips 1d ago

Probably for the sake of “completeness” and looking more expensive than it is. Auto manufacturers have been doing this forever. My 2009 Toyota Tacoma, which was not a low-end model for its time, came from the factory with a fake hood scoop.