Sunday, November 10, 2013

on gadgets

Something new always comes up. It seems like every year manufacturers would offer something new to the public. But when you think about it, it is just a minor improvement to the previous one.

I think it all boils down to sucking people's money and I have a conspiracy theory about it.

I don't think that those people responsible for these technologies actually made improvements on let say yearly basis. I am thinking they had the right and perfect technology of some of these gizmos already but somehow released lesser versions of it first so they can milked the consuming public particularly those who always want an upgrade and have fears of being left behind.

Kung ako ay isang diktador ng bansang ito, mag-iimpose ako ng five year waiting period before importing new electronics. Siguro mas iingatan ng mga tao kung ano ang meron sila. Halimbawa sa cellphones. Ang siste kasi parang ang buhay na lang ng cellphones ngayon ay dalawang taon at the most. Mabilis manawa ang mga tao dahil nga laging may bago. Two years for most people is way too long to have a gadget that is still running because they have this mind set that they have to catch up with whatever the latest is.


It would be only then, every five years, that consumers would have a major upgrade not just incremental updates. 

2 comments:

Seth said...

Men are wanting beings. Once a want is satisfied another one replaces it.

Iba naman ang theory ko :) Itong gadgets and technology we are enjoying now, eh nauna nang ginamit ng mga secret agent at astronaut pero ngayun lang binenta sa public kasi meron na silang more advanced. hehehe

Sa totoo lang, kaya naman nila icompress lahat ng maisip na features sa iisang phone di ba? Pero bakit naglalabas sila ng bago almost every 6 mos? Kasi kailangan maipakita sa consumers na may mas bago, mas maganda, mas mabilis, mas matibay.

Kung ginawa nila iyon sa iisang produkto, eh di isang beses lang sila bumenta?

Kapitan Panagimpan said...

correct..kung baliw-baliwan mode na nga ako minsan i go extreme and want to believe in aliens (laking X-file kasi haha) nais ko na sanang maniwala sa pelikulang paul hehe (he claims to be responsible with some of technologies we have)....
but sadly all of this are the results of capitalism..
thanks for dropping by seth.