Light Bulb Conspiracy

Light Bulb Conspiracy is a document that talks about planned obsolescence. Planned obsolescence is a policy used by the industries to design their products with a limited useful lifetime. The document show examples of industries that used this policy and how this policy is been adopted by almost all the industries around the world. The movie talks about Marcos and his printer, after a certain amount of prints, the printer stock. Marcos decided to investigate to find a way to repair his printer. After he had make many research, he find out that there was nothing wrong with the printer. This is one concrete example of how is planned obsolescence manipulating the products. Another concrete example are the industries of light bulb. Years ago the light bulb used to have a large lifetime and more than 100 hours of resistance, but today industries reduce the resistance of the light bulb so the costumers need to buy more. Apple is another industry that used planned obsolescence in his products because when the battery damage the costumer is bound to buy a new one.

I like this document because it show the reality of the industries and how they gain more money. Planned obsolescence begin in 1924 to helped industries increased their production and gained more money because the costumers will not stop buying. Many products have been manipulated like the washer machine and the refrigerator.  Many people are against this policy but it is impossible to destroy the cartel. Hopefully in the future this policy will be reformed and the products will have a longer useful lifetime.