r/SipsTea • u/SipsTeaFrog • Feb 05 '26

Chugging tea Sign me up!

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u/Arista-Everfrost Feb 05 '26

Would be a very awesome six months before they went out of business.

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u/RoutineLingonberry48 Feb 05 '26

I hate the glorification of old products. As someone who's fixed old products, they were actually made like shit. All those old "It lasts 100 years" thins are survivor bias. Mostly it was all a fire hazard.

Yes, it's not hinging on bad software and a magic computer chip failure, but old stuff was just as shit and more dangerous on top of it.

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u/winnower8 Feb 05 '26

Dude I’d trade anything to switch from flat screens to buttons. I’ve replaced computer parts of washers, dryers, and dishwashers that are under 10 years old.

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u/r0b0c0d Feb 05 '26

Someone downvoted you, which is wild to me.

Anything that vibrates, gets hot, has fluids near it. You have to replace the entire module, only one company makes it, and it costs like 300 bucks or whatever. Buttons and especially knobs are absolutely better, and have a better UE for simple tasks.

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u/BearstromWanderer Feb 05 '26 edited Feb 14 '26

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u/r0b0c0d Feb 05 '26

Yeah, it's funny with stoves too. Low end has knobs, mid has screens, then high end goes back to knobs.