Progress? Corporate Greed 1

Progress? Corporate Greed 1
by
Robin Hall


Take NiMH batteries for instance, please. Daily I use rechargeables, have for two decades, in flashlights, timers and mostly remotes.

I have used the same remotes through the change from NiCad to NiMH and my view is the newer NiMH last about 1/4th as long as the older technology. Imagine. Progress at its best, for BIG business.

Surprise. Consumers get fucked when big business MANDATES a paradigm change and guess what, the product is worse than what it replaces.

Its even worse than this. I have two devices that simply won't take the newer NiMHs. No, the newer, better batteries are slightly too large. I wonder if this is a mistake?

Duh. NO. Another chance to fuck the consumer. Not only do the newer batteries NOT last as long per charge, they don't even fit some older primary products, making the buying of a new primary device a must.

Isn't big business just too much fun? Wouldn't you like to be bigger than big business and TRASH them when they do this sort of thing?

I am guessing the cost of that good a lawyer would be more than simply going along when big businesses REQUIRE us to, but wouldn't it be nice to be able to afford that good a lawyer and sue the fuck out of big businesses aimed at greed, not at helping us live better lives?