> yes they screwed over the consumer with their anti-competitive cartel but hey they were saving the planet so it is all forgiven That's a misrepresentation of

> yes they screwed over the consumer with their anti-competitive cartel but hey they were saving the planet so it is all forgiven That's a misrepresentation of his take. He does not say that the cartel should be forgiven for their anti-competitive practices. He just said that what is often referred to as planned obsolescence, may simply have been an early form of product standardization and wasn't necessarily intended to be anti-competitive.