Why not learn to repair your gadgets yourself? There's a bunch of tutorials online and communities that can help you fix just about anything. Take the power back from the greedy companies! 💪

LOL, just wrap your phone in bubble wrap next time and never use it, it'll last forever 😉

The only way to fight this is by pushing for legislation on consumer rights. We need to support the Right to Repair movements and demand longer warranty periods. Companies have been getting away with this for too long!

Oh it's all intentional. They want your stuff to break. More breaks = more bucks for them. It's a massive scam. They probably got a whole department figuring out how to make things less reliable, I'm telling you.

Not defending them, but isn't it possible that we just notice it more when the warranty is up? Like confirmation bias or something. Maybe the products aren't designed to fail, they just do sometimes after a certain amount of use which just happens to be around the warranty time? Just playing devil's advocate here.

Totally hear you on that. It's way too convenient for them. My laptop started glitching right after the warranty period. If you ask me, that ain't just bad luck. We really do need to take a stand against these practices!

This is an industry-wide practice known as planned obsolescence, and it's not just about failing batteries. It’s about components that are designed to wear out or become less capable over time. Some countries are trying to combat this with Right to Repair laws, forcing companies to make parts available for longer and devices easier to fix. But until this really catches on, we're stuck in this cycle.

This happens to me all the time. It's like these companies have a switch that they flip the second your warranty is up. All of the sudden you're back in the store giving them more money. It never ends!