Everyone know products don’t last long anymore. Besides company greedy, consumer cheap (or poor), there is one more driver: tighter regulations. Just some examples:

- Auto start and stop: number play on calculation sheet to pass standard on cost of your battery.

- R410a refrigerant: environmentally friendly with much higher working pressures which kills your AC faster than old R22.

- Mercury: old thermometer/barometer basically non-destructible used in tstat, gauges, and appliances. Now you can enjoy the fancy digital ones every couple of years..

When it comes to energy, environment, and safety regulations there is no upper limit.