Of course, there have been many bad things in the past. Floppy disks, cassettes and VHS were horrible technologies.
Did you use tube radios? They broke all the time.
The difference is that they weren't intentionally horrible, they were limitations of an era.
But at some point, devices start to last a long time. My parents' first refrigerator ran without problems for over 10 years.
I've had far fewer problems with CDS and CD players than with cassette players.
And we used to have a lot of low quality items, but now it's much harder to find good quality items. And brand means almost nothing. Even Apple has been selling notebooks with horrible keyboards for years. I'm just using an Apple Notebook now, I've been waiting for years for them to change the keyboard.... The Nitendo Switch Joystick has a drift problem and Nintendo ignores it...
There is no reason for a new Samsung TV to break after a year of use. Or LEDs.
Or power switches.
It's not a technical limitation, it's a choice.
You made me laugh with "refrigerator ran without problems for over 10 years". My family cottage has a still-running refrigerator that's been there for close to 40 years. Third or fourth handle, though ;)
Did you use tube radios? They broke all the time.
The difference is that they weren't intentionally horrible, they were limitations of an era.
But at some point, devices start to last a long time. My parents' first refrigerator ran without problems for over 10 years. I've had far fewer problems with CDS and CD players than with cassette players.
And we used to have a lot of low quality items, but now it's much harder to find good quality items. And brand means almost nothing. Even Apple has been selling notebooks with horrible keyboards for years. I'm just using an Apple Notebook now, I've been waiting for years for them to change the keyboard.... The Nitendo Switch Joystick has a drift problem and Nintendo ignores it...
There is no reason for a new Samsung TV to break after a year of use. Or LEDs. Or power switches. It's not a technical limitation, it's a choice.