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ColinTheBald
@campervangogh
planned obsolescence: I understand the principle and reasoning, but on a planet of dwindling resources and mountains of waste, why the fuck is this still a thing.
Curtains in my son's room are on these plastic track glides
that are apparently made of a plastic that is not UV resistant, which as well as being a major flaw, is a major pain. So the choices are replace all existing curtains and fittings (expense and waste of perfectly functional items), for some other poorly designed, guaranteed to fail within a year planned obsolescence, or continue replacing the short-lived slides.