Comment by cyanydeez Comment by cyanydeez 5 days ago 2 replies Copy Link View on Hacker News The conspiracy of service degradation: as long as every other provider sucks, the consumer never can expect better.Alpha tested with lightbulbs but is now a clear strategy taught to MBAs
Copy Link shuntress 5 days ago Collapse Comment - The light bulb thing is actually the opposite of what you imply.It was an open agreement to avoid misleading marketing that would have (presumably) caused a "race to the bottom". Reply View | 1 reply Copy Link cyanydeez 5 days ago Parent Collapse Comment - Wat. It was agreement to decrease the life span of their product.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoebus_cartel Reply View | 0 replies
Copy Link cyanydeez 5 days ago Parent Collapse Comment - Wat. It was agreement to decrease the life span of their product.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoebus_cartel Reply View | 0 replies
The light bulb thing is actually the opposite of what you imply.
It was an open agreement to avoid misleading marketing that would have (presumably) caused a "race to the bottom".