It's so dumb. If I buy a brand of electronics and it breaks within a few years, I will then never buy that brand ever again and I'm sure to warn everyone I know of what garbage they are selling. Hate that planned obsolescence is a real thing.
but you still will be buying a tv right?
most of people going all like "i had a samsung tv for 2 years, i liked it, so gonna buy almost the closest thing again, because i am familiar with"
while there are appliances you can't live without nowadays like a clothes washing machine.. theese are the favorite to do planned obsolescence.. because people need them.. you can easily live without a tv, but try to live lets say a way to wash or dry your clothes..
and obsolescence helps the market, ok your tv just broke, you are angry at samsung, next tive you buy a LG
while other person's had a LG which broke... that person will buy a samsung next...
no big company gets really harmed by this...
when you buy, you actually get what is available to you.. nowadays this is getting less truth because the internet is the biggest store on earth, but what you buy is decided by availability, you go into a store and you got offered several options.. between the price, functions you want, form\design, etc... you don't see somehting that pleases you, go into the next store, same stock? check yet another store? now you are too tired and buy the first one that seems more ok for your needs\desires...
but a lot more people are buying online now, but if that exact specific product that is perfect for you is no easily available, you gonna spend a buck in shipping alone
and it's really hard to buy something from a brand you never heard
i can easily get a samsung tv for 300 bucks because it's a big known brand, i see a bunch of their tvs displayed in stores to understand that the brand has experience in what they sell, than waste 300 bucks on a product by people i never heard about