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Don't forget to account for planned obsolescence. If a fridge lasts 10 years, what happens when GE stops producing those filters? You start looking at new fridg
by erichurkman 6y ago
Don't forget to account for planned obsolescence. If a fridge lasts 10 years, what happens when GE stops producing those filters? You start looking at new fridges. The GE fridge pissed you off, so you upgrade to Fisher & Paykel… turns out they are produced by the same company, so they don't care that GE 'lost' a customer.
( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haier https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haier )
- kube-system 6y agoYeah, here in the US just about every brand at any big box store is from Whirlpool, Electrolux, or Haier.
- xxpor 6y agoIncluding the Korean brands?
- dehrmann 6y agoI've definitely seen more LG and Samsung appliances than I did 20 years ago, and not just some off-brand in the back corner.
- kube-system 6y agoI stand corrected, I forgot about LG and Samsung
- xxpor 6y agoAh ok, I thought it might just be the white label manufacturers went even deeper than I thought :)
- beckler 6y agoI work at GE. They sold off their appliance vertical, with brand rights, to Haier years ago. And with lighting being recently sold off, GE doesn't manufacture any home appliances anymore.