This is not just Google / Microsoft. Enshittification is real. I watch auto mechanic videos on YouTube and they all say: Avoid American, European and Korean cars made in the last 10 years. To extract the maximum profits, these companies are engineering cars with cheap parts that are doomed to fail (“planned obsolescence”). Why sell you one car in 10 years when they can sell you two cars? For example, recently car manufacturers started replacing aluminum oil pans (where hot engine oil drips) with plastic pans. These are located underneath the car, completely exposed to road elements. What happens when plastic gets hot? It melts. Mechanics say the parts are not cheap. Manufacturers charge $200 for a plastic oil pan! Unbelievable.
This is not just Google / Microsoft. Enshittification is real. I watch auto mechanic videos on YouTube and they all say: Avoid American, European and Korean cars made in the last 10 years. To extract the maximum profits, these companies are engineering cars with cheap parts that are doomed to fail (“planned obsolescence”). Why sell you one car in 10 years when they can sell you two cars? For example, recently car manufacturers started replacing aluminum oil pans (where hot engine oil drips) with plastic pans. These are located underneath the car, completely exposed to road elements. What happens when plastic gets hot? It melts. Mechanics say the parts are not cheap. Manufacturers charge $200 for a plastic oil pan! Unbelievable.