Corporate FuckeryAF 7.0
Buying White Goods in the Dark: The Vanishing Repairability Metric
Major appliance manufacturers continue to treat long-term serviceability metrics as proprietary secrets until the compressor fails.
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Environmental Fuckery
Waste created by a decision that saved almost nothing.
Engineering FuckeryAF 9.1
$10,000 REFRIGERATOR BECOMES DISPOSABLE AFTER ONE INACCESSIBLE COMPONENT FAILS
A sealed control board, priced at $34 to manufacture, is positioned behind a foamed-in panel. When it fails, the recommended repair is a new refrigerator.
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Packaging FuckeryAF 7.4
PACKAGING FOR A 2-GRAM MEMORY CARD REQUIRES SCISSORS, A KNIFE AND MINOR BLOOD LOSS
The card weighs two grams. The rigid welded clamshell protecting it weighs nineteen, cannot be opened by hand, and sends an estimated small number of people to urgent care each year.
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Architectural FuckeryAF 7.6
PUBLIC BENCH FITTED WITH DIVIDERS PREVENTS LYING DOWN AND MOST SITTING
Armrests spaced every fifty centimeters stop anyone from sleeping. They also stop anyone with a suitcase, a child, or a stiff hip from using the bench as a bench.
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