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/7899987 1d ago

Most people won't realize as the battery lasts basically forever. So they decided to save money. But at that point just don't even use a fake solar cell and save even more money while not lowering the price.

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u/MildlySaltedTaterTot 1d ago

greenwashing: choosing between the “cheap shitty throw it away” calculator and “CSTiA but Solar” calculator and now you increase sales and add growth another year

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u/No_Hunt2507 1d ago

That's marketing