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Listening: Why companies don't want you to repair your stuff
Listening: Why companies don't want you to repair your stuff
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Intermediate/Advanced listening about planned obsolescence.
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Interchangeable parts have always been hard to find.
False
True
2
In planned obsolescence products are purposefully designed to fail.
True
False
3
Interchangeable parts are still very important in mass production processes today.
True
False
4
According to the video, the 20th Century was defined by mass production.
False
True
5
¨Scrutinize¨ means:
Discredit
Criticize
Reject
Inspect
6
Before part-standarization, how were artifacts made?
By engineering guilds
Whole communities collaborated to manufacture
Only rich ans scholars had access to technology
Artisans designed every part individually
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What does ¨painstakingly¨ mean?
That people were hurt
That it was made by slaves
That it was unpaid labor
With lots of dedication
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These types of items are the most often discarded.
Electronics
Out of fashion clothes
Plastics, such as toys and containers
Paper
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In which decade did the british metalworker Henry Maudslay invent the lathe?
In the 1810's
In the 1920's
In the 1790's
In the 1650's
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Companies want to stop the public from repairing their stuff because:
It's too expensive to fix every faulty item they produce
Interchangeable parts are unrealiable
It makes people buy more
They want to avoid accidents
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Electronics contain precious metals.
False
True
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The consequences of these practises are (2):
Consumers have less options for repairs
A more stable economy
Less people are working as unregistered technicians
Companies have more control of markets
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Planned obsolescence keeps demand and profits high.
False
True
14
Predetermined end-of-life dates are similar to:
Market scams
Technological disobedience
Planned obsolescence
Illegal practises
15
The US Federal Trade Commission and the Food and Drug Administration support the corporate claims.
False
True
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What is e-waste?
world wide pollution
everyone's waste by-product
electronic trash
emergency garbage
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What does a lathe do?
It makes nuts and bolts
It standarizes production
It revolucionized production methods
It shapes cilindrical items to precise measurements
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A John Deere tractor won't work if a part is replaced until a:
The part is registered with John Deere as an original
The buyer pays a tax online for tampering with their tractor
There's a register in the company of the purchase in an official store
A technician authenticates the part with authorized software
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A social movement to help consumers fight back against these abusive practises :
Leaking manuals on the internet
Hardware stores
Repair cafés
Technical and repairing conventions
20
Companies defend these practices by claiming these 2 arguments:
3rd party access endangers cybersecurity
Uncertified technicians are unreliable and cost the companies legal fees
Uncertified tampering could lead to malfunctions and lawsuits
3rd party access to software is similar to corporate espionage
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Strategies to prevent repairs include all these, except:
Limiting the available information on inner workings of devices
Making it physically challenging to fix something
Making new items cheaper than fixing an old one.
Making parts incompatible
