• themeatbridge@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    You can’t, because the previous generations allowed capitalism to ruin consumer goods with regulatory capture and planned obsolescence.

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      7 months ago

      I mean, I’m pretty sure cars’ lifespans have generally increased over the years, despite not being able to easily tweak valves or what have you. So many older cars don’t have a 6th digit on the odometer because it was so common for a car to die after about 100,000 miles anyway. Now you might hit some issues, but that kind of mileage is basically your car’s equivalent of a person’s 40th birthday.