This is why we can't have nice things

Jokes on them ..i still use wood fire at night.

LED's are the first big improvement in a basic product without a lot of added expense in quite a long time.

Imagine other conspiracy theories turning out to be true. Like the one about some of our brethren never taking their skin suits off. Wacky to think about.

The manual transmission in my 1988 Ford Ranger had 3 rubber plugs near the top of the 5 speed manual transmission. It wasn't for machining, the only reason we can come up with for the rubber plugs in these transmissions is that after 100K miles of heat cycles the rubber plugs get dry and crack and leak, allowing the transmission fluid to slowly leak out. You don't monitor the fluid of a manual transmission the same way you do an automatic nor do they leak the same way. In this case there was never a puddle or a drip, it just slowly vaporized as the truck is driven. If you check under the truck you might notice an oil film but not find a leak. This let the oil get low which damaged the bearings, made third gear loud and made it difficult to put it in reverse after a long drive and the transmission was allowed to cool with it left in first gear. They put an expiration date in the transmission.

Obi Wan Kenobi invented the perfect fiber!!

Same thing with car tyres

My first LED bulb lasted 8 years. Subsequently, the likes of Philips get into the fray of LEDs. Theirs last, on average just 2 years. My first LED bulb lasted 3 times that of Philips.

Light bulbs lasted practically forever before the assistant made a new filiment, so I refuse to say he's the creator of the light bulb

Car seat expiration dates in a nut shell

Oh boy do I love capitalism, it’s totally not actually destroying the world and killing millions :)

I bet someone suspected that lightbulb life decreased but people told the person he/she was crazy

Its a nice thought on LEDs, until manufacturers have started to make components inside them weaker so they now fail in 2000 to 3000 hours in some brands, and even faster in others. So greedy corportaions are up to their same old wasteful, evil tricks.

10:40 Workers and scientists should've unite against factory owners, now that would be a much better movie (☭ ͜ʖ ☭)

Samsung is very good at planned obsolescence

Funny that design a phone to make others feel out dated is a thing, because the only thing I want in a phone is a earphone-jack witch is an old design

3.7k thumbs down are Apple shareholders.

Excellent video!

And that my friends is why our future is fucked and we deserve it

Volvo ...

I'm pretty sure tech company did this. They have to keep one up'ing themselves every year for their new released product. I'm sure they can just throw their latest technology all at once, but they only did it slowly so costumer kept buying the newer product.

That was very good, thank you

real conspiracies are so pervasive in our society that we never question its legitimacy

Naw! Most stuff breaks because, it's complex and people are clumsy. Also, complication to components due to overheating or environmental related damage. The rest is genuine technological obsolescence that is constantly improving. There is a techno race to creating durable tech to send probes to Venus long term. I'm waiting for that. I have a WD 1 TB External Harddrive that I have been using consistently ever since 2008. I never dropped it and take great care of it. It has actually outlived several of my laptops too. Just had to switch out the AC Adapter and USB Cord. I even have a working iPod Video 80GB that I've had ever since 2006, I even have a very early V-Mem port PS1 Console that still works too. These are pretty simple built electronics. The reason they've lasted very long. This thin new crap is what I end up having fail on me after a couple years. Tablets, Laptops and other solid state stuff fails in just a couple years. Go hard. There's a reason the hard electronics with moving parts last 40 years and have the potential of lasting 100 years. I read from old-school tech enthusiasts on reddit that Western Digital lasts the longest in response to several cases of Harddrives lasting for decades. I think Controlled Obsolescence is mostly a myth after learning about tech based on old stuff built to still last in the 21st Century and remembering people saying they make cheap crap that breaks in a couple years ever since the Early 2000's. It's not entirely true if you know what to buy.

That's cool, great episode! However none of the commercially available led light bulbs lasts near to what it is declared to.

After all we have heard of their policy of built in obsolescence I still find it hard to believe that sane working people would ever buy an apple product.

Very splendid and candid reveal about planned obsolescence.

If we had Universal Basic Income and equitably distributed wealth (rather than allowing it to be accumulated into fewer and fewer hands at the top who ultimately come to 'own' everything), then having products that last much longer, even indefinitely wouldn't be a problem. We as a society could use our time and resources in better ways to improve humanity, rather than constantly chasing our own tails.

The led bulb has a capacitor that makes it to burn faster, and if you change it for a lower value it will last for a long time!

Lightbulb cartels

Great episode!! 🥰 Right to repair is absolutely essential for the environment AND is a basic-adjacent human right.

So, this is a ripoff of the documentary "Kaufen für die Müllhalde: Geplante Obsoleszenz"

What about the everlasting gobstopper?

Planned obsolescence, Sony has been secretly doing to the PS3, PS4, and PS5.

It's amazing the similarity of cadence with Tom Scott

Anyone here with the iPhone 14?

I try not to buy products that are known to use planned obsolescence. They are greedy sh*tholes, plain and simple. Anyone who thinks different has their hand in the corprations pocket in some way.

I have bought an iPhone once. I was very glad with it until it broke shortly after warranty (of course). I will never buy an Apple device again.

Wait... I just realized, Veritasium is an element of truth, cause it comes from whatever the root for truth was, I know in French truth is ‘verité’. That’s crazy, flew over my head this whole time.

I have, rather unfortunately, had to replace several LED bulbs that I've installed. The LEDs may last forever, but the supporting electronics in some of the cheaper bulbs are not fond of power that isn't perfectly clean. (And I mean "perfectly clean" in the electrical engineering sense, not the green energy sense.)

+1 Subscriber :)

Wondering how SVpic yet didn't remove this video. (Y)

Damn ths video is about 17 minutes long but it feels like 1 hour

dang casey neistat used to be a good guy

If everyone had enough money, maybe mandatory obsolescence wouldn't be a problem 🤷‍♂️

I have 5 printers and a flat scanner - ALL refuse to work anymore, & I can't for the life of me figure out why! I've always suspected that they were built to fail.

As always, greed has the upper hand Disgusting

even the LED bulbs are built to fail however there is an LED bulb you can only buy in Dubai (the Dubai Bulb by Phillips) that has a greatly increased lifespan

any tremendous change happening in the 20th century world war 2 comes and tears it apart

You can apply this to almost anything, like medicine.

LED = Everlasting lightbulbs? No way… Yes, I have a few Toshiba LEDs and an early Bosch one that are still operating just fine. Anything I bought later needs to be replaced after a few years.

There's this quote (can't recall where from) that immediately comes to mind: "Greedy bastards".

Nice remake of my favourite film "The light bulb conspiracy". And... No, LED bulbs are not for ever, either.

Fabulous upload, great investigative work. I've watched a few of your videos before and this one was my favourite, brilliant 👌

thats why spark plug this day has a resistor.

Is this enough for you stupid iPhone users?

So if this video doesn't convince you. Apple is a product for sheeple. Idiots buy apple products. Smart people buy their stock

This episode came many times in my in my Home Tab. But I was reluctant to click it because I was afraid of getting bored. I was wrong. One of the best videos on SVpic.

Right to repair.

I don’t mind new colors or styles or design that make the person WANT the new version but things that don’t work as well and/or break that force consumer to NEED to buy new is bs

Intentional planned obsolescence! The lite bulb ppl were the original masters of marketing/sales, the original gangsta biz men!

capitalism need things to break ... cancer capitalism must die ...

Great information. But honestly the way Elon Musk thinks very different n making life more convenient for people unlike these light bulb companies n imagine these idiotic authorizes making fine or penalty for making a good bulb.

They are out to get you. Don’t get me started on big Pharma

basically profit incentive and capitalism...it would be better for the environment if things like this lasted longer....I'm so disgusted at this

RIGHT TO REPAIR!!!

I liked it. but 3.5k dislikes ? why ? can there be so many accidental clicks ?

I purchased a light bulb two days ago and it lasted 24 hours....

"But there are no conspiricies ... you are a nuthead if you believe there would be some people conspiring against other people ... no no, rich man only want the best for us"

Please tell your friend Michael Stevens to be as consistent as you. We long for his content Amazing video btw

Oooooh. This debunking is painful for both businesses owners and customers alike.

But now they put fewer LED modules on a bulb so they get hotter and die sooner....

I love this channel more than Vsauce. You present many original ideas in original ways.

Every expensive long life, environmentally bulb I've bought has lasted a max of 6 months.

You want to talk about conspiracies, how about the fact that Exxon and Shell researched and correctly predicted global warming as early as the 80s, and then proceeded to cover it up? Also, anything to do with US foreign policy in just about any country in Central or South America

So why we can't have nice things? I think, this video clearly shows us that we don't deserve it! At least in a modern state of mind. We create our future by our own hands and minds. In russian language one can say "Не нравится? Голосуй кошельком!" which means, in a long run, its always better for you to not buy and support stuff that bends you over.

Show this in schools!

I like the everlasting LED bulb, except I have a problem with it: the intensity and color. That bright white is very harsh compared to the soft orange of more traditional bulbs.

LEDs have started to get worse for the same reason you mentioned. also i saw a video of some Philipps in Dubai. They have to make them more efficient for certain market. Basically, their lightbulb was using 2 time less power and was as bright as the american model. making it lasting longer also. but the product is not available to other markets because "Philipps".

And also, your phone and other devices are always tracked. No matter if you turn off your GPS, or even turn off your phone. You're always being watched. It's your permanent record.

You are a GOD. Thank you for your videos

CaPiTaLIsM Is EfFicIeNt

One large conspiracy is that you were persuaded by Operation Mockingbird and Bill Gates associate Dr. Fauci that two masks were protective while you were outside away from everyone but your camera person. Conventional masks are more likely to damage your health unless your sanding or trying to filter out smoke or dust.

That light reminds me of the bubble in Spongebob that was over a million years old.

It's always about money. Any product you get, the company with ruin it just so you can buy their newest and more expensive product. Look at cars, and phones today

I don't know how to say this without sound like a pesimistic killjoy, but I have to replace my LED bulbs every year or less.

This is a great video, but the thumbnail i think is very misleading. I refused to watch this video for awhile because the thumbnail gave me the impression that this was merely about making fun of conspiracy theories.

The 3.7k dislikes are from the lightbulb companies.

I still have a radio from 1979 that still works perfectly. Might be just lucky.

To everyone watching this video (and reading this comment) PLEASE support right to repair. Contact your local politician, spread the word online and get as many other people as possible to support the right to repair movement. This closed system policy (no third party repairs, only allowing 'genuine' parts and tech components soldered in place) with outrageously expensive 'repairs' (that are not repairs, all they do is swap your product for a new one) cannot be allowed to continue. The current system literally treats you like a fool and nothing more than a bag of money to keep the profit machine churning. All the major tech companies do it such as Apple, Samsung, Google etc.. However with the rise of the electric vehicle, car manufacturers are starting to pull the same s**t (I'm looking at you Tesla). So I BEG you, please support Right To Repair and spread the word/get as many other people to support it too. Lobby your local, state/county and national politicians until they are forced to act and support Right To Repair. If we don't act now and keep the momentum going then we'll just turn into slaves and walking wallets for the big tech and automotive companies.

Hey, what if man is the 'Planned obsolescence' of God?

LED - an "everlasting light bulb"! My casual, unbiased observation is that the newest LEDs last shorter than the ones bought, say 10-15 years ago. Where have I bought LED light bulbs the last 2 years? USA, PR China, and mid Europe.

This crap is still going on with LED bulbs..... Look into the Dubai LED bulbs from Phillips. You are not allowed to buy them anywhere else. They run on a quarter of the LEDs rated power and have awesome chips so that they can take the heat. It was due to their regulations in Dubai and Phillips stood up to meet the challenge with the understanding they had sole ownership. Of course Phillips wont sell them to the rest of the world for fear their sales will plummet in years to come.

Thank you! You have a lot of good episodes, but this is one of my favourite so far!

Planned obsolescence.

I have changed all the LEDs in my house a little less often than I would incandescent bulbs. The power supply is what wears out so I think light bulbs are still following the old model.

Last year I bought 100 LED light bulbs for church and they supposed to last 25 years but unfortunately all of them already burned after one year. Some of them burned in one month and one by one they all burned so manufacturers laying to us and stilling our money. They are criminals.

Well light bulbs are only “meant” to last such a short time so the companies making them make money, and electricity companies don’t have to come out and say that electricity could be free and used forever without any limit on usage.

Capitalism at its finest

Reminds me of the movie robots

Nice.