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For those unaware yet, I am the author of the over-5000-word article **.

When I was around 8 years old, a children's news channel named Logo! reported printers being deliberately designed to quit functioning properly after a predetermined number of pages.

This idea already sounded repugnant to my 8-year-young brain.

If a device is designed to fail and difficult to repair, it feels like not actually owning it.

In 2010, the iPhone 4 was released. I already heard of iPhones before then, but that was the first time I realized they have non-user-replaceable batteries.

From a Nintendo DS Lite user manual, I already knew batteries only last for a limited number of recharging cycles until they lose their ability to output power and store energy.

And what has it come to a decade later? Mobile phones with user-replaceable batteries have been fully usurped.

The few remaining ones with replaceable batteries such as the Galaxy Xcover Pro have low-tier technical specifications such as the same resolution and frame rate for video recording as the 2011 Galaxy S2: 1080p@30fps.

For those unaware yet, I am the author of the over-5000-word article *[Benefits of user-replaceable batteries](https://en.EverybodyWiki.com/Benefits_of_user-replaceable_batteries)*. When I was around 8 years old, a children's news channel named *Logo!* reported printers being deliberately designed to quit functioning properly after a predetermined number of pages. This idea already sounded repugnant to my 8-year-young brain. If a device is designed to fail and difficult to repair, it feels like not actually owning it. In 2010, the iPhone 4 was released. I already heard of iPhones before then, but that was the first time I realized they have non-user-replaceable batteries. From a Nintendo DS Lite user manual, I already knew batteries only last for a limited number of recharging cycles until they lose their ability to output power and store energy. And what has it come to a decade later? Mobile phones with user-replaceable batteries have been fully usurped. The few remaining ones with replaceable batteries such as the Galaxy Xcover Pro have low-tier technical specifications such as the same resolution and frame rate for video recording as the 2011 Galaxy S2: 1080p@30fps.

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I used to be able to buy packs of incandescent bulbs for twenty-five cents each bulb. Sure, they burned out, but they were cheap and reliable (by that I mean they worked). They were dimmable. They could be used outside in the cold or in a fridge.

And they had a CRI of 99+. Now you have to pay a lot and they still don't have as good a CRI.

I was no fan of incandescent bulbs that burned out in a few hundred hours, but the thing is, light bulb makers had bulbs that would last ten times that long.

Sure, but they had a thicker filament that operated at a lower temperature, and thus emitted more infrared and wasted more power. You an still get these, called rough service bulbs.