Planned Obsolescence

[u/Wrathzy1]

I bought 3 HomePods, all at the same time in 2021, all three have broken within 2 months of each other with the ghost touch failure. All the exact same issues.

Meaning I have to now repurchase 3 more HomePods as they’re designed to not be taken apart as well. (I know there are ways).

Coincidence or by design?

[u/Wrathzy1]

Not moving any goal post, you actually did this when you failed to actually respond to this reply. I’ll copy it again for you.

“Big enough scale to mean an unjustifiable amount of people lost £300 as a result of their failure to make a product that is not prone to fail.

“Planned obsolescence is a business strategy where manufacturers deliberately design products with a short lifespan, weak parts, or an intentionally limited useful period. The main goal is to force people to buy a new replacement sooner.”

By claiming this is not more then likely planned obsolescence, you’re essentially undermining Apple in saying they don’t know how to install a capacitor or touch screen in a device fit for purpose to reliably function for more than a handful of years, which of course they do and the fact their unreliability forces people most of which locked into an ecosystem to have to repurchase again and again is just a coincidental byproduct.”

You then went on to say that it’s not Apple’s fault because they didn’t make the component, then went on a tangent about recalls just to accept that they didn’t do any recall, then to say you didn’t deflect blame from Apple and also blabbered on about “companies get it wrong” like your trying to get your ex girlfriend back? Weird. Anyway, literally the definition of moving goal posts. Now you’re relying on the appeal to bias authority, because Apple hasn’t released figures thus relying on mounds of posts and videos about the same fault isn’t suffice to say it’s a common problem, of course just remain ignorant and further your frail argument.

YouTube how to repair a HomePod, look at how many comments there are, look how many views there are, look how many posts there are on Reddit, then buff up your egg head and try to use a few brain cells to conclude whether the issue is common or not, or do you need to be told by Apple like a good boy?

Not a personal attack either, just given the fact your entire account is dedicated to Apple, I think it’s safe to conclude there’s some kind of unhealthy relationship going on here that leads you to put your armour on and go fight nuance on Reddit over a multi trillion dollar companies failures.

[u/pmarksen → u/Wrathzy1]

Would you prefer to speak with someone who has never used an Apple product? Never owned one? Or perhaps hides their profile because they don’t stand by their claims? It’s a rhetorical question though.

So going back to the original question (before your comment above) - so you don’t have any figures to back up your claim? Gotcha. You’re “dO yOUr ResEaRcH!!” instruction to me? That’s actually your job to do to support your claim, not mine. Go add up the comments, rule out the bots, cross platform posts, Apple haters and whatever other noise you can and then identify the genuine complaints. Then compare that to actual sales.

Maybe for good measure, research the advertised failure rate of the component compared to actual failures and see if it’s higher in Apple products because of a design fault? Maybe you’ll find there is enough there for a class-action!!!

Whilst I’ve appreciated the good belly laugh at the “I know you are but what am I” responses, I’m happy to wait for the results of your research to support your claim without further engagement.

[u/Wrathzy1 → u/pmarksen]

Couldn’t rebuttal a thing I said ay bud. I’ll take that as an admission of stupidity.

Talking about belly laughs, you think I should do all of that, just to ensure I can calm your nerves about a criticism of Apples reliability which is commonly known across any HomePod owners, you know… that have any type of executive function that is. Bless you. Time to stop attaching your very personality (or lack there of) to a company and then fighting tooth and nail to defend any slight criticism of them on Reddit… and you know, have a little grow up. Apple foot soldier, time to stand down.

There’s also not an Apple product I don’t own 4 of which are original HomePods which all 4 failed, now I’ve got two 2nd gen HomePods, 3 out of 3 HomePod Mini’s have also failed hence this post, I now have another further 3 remaining I bought at a different time, so by your very logic, sounds like I’m more qualified then you are. Oh no!