User: podoboo

It's called "planned obsolescence"

On: Short Lifetimes of Optical Drives?

Capitalism requires continually increased consumption, so commodities must necessarily have shorter and shorter lifespans. Soon you'll be buying a dvd player every month, wondering what happened to the "good ole days" when it was every couple years. The upshot is: commoditizing resources faster than they can be replenished is impossible to sustain.

Hmm, gimmick input device?

On: New Gamepad Designed To Build Muscles?

This can't go wrong!