Tech firms rip apart NEW washing machines so they can harvest their computer parts in a bid to beat the global microchip shortage

daily mail ^ | 4/24/2022 | jones

[RummyChick]

great..I will have to buy a new car soon..and a washing machine..and it just keeps getting worse

[BobL]

“great..I will have to buy a new car soon..and a washing machine..and it just keeps getting worse”

Maybe you’ll get lucky and the washing machines will revert to their perfectly-functional analog prior configurations.

[Phoenix8]

Or you hit the wipers and the car goes into spin cycle!

(But seriously it does seem to be worsening)

[RummyChick]

my washer is from 2006...no fancy dancy electronic options...

same for my car. I figure they will both expire at about the same time

[Jane Long]

😱 you might have to go old school....

[DesertRhino]

Maybe we will finally get a return to sanity in products. Thermostats, doorbells, refrigerators, washers and driers, dishwashers all were better before chips.
A simple timer is all you need in a washer and drier.

[RummyChick]

I actually have one of those that was from my great grandmother. I could use it along with my great grandfathers moonshine jug.

[Zuriel]

That’s why I flip the breaker to our new range when a electrical storm is brewing in the area.

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

Well, let’s get to building ‘em over here now, so that we’ll start having our own chips in 2024.

Oh, that’s right, Brandon will make sure our economic conditions don’t favor such a move.

[fini]

Do you remember the old Honeywell thermostat for house heating/cooling? I do and I miss it- stone simple and it never died.

[Jane Long]

There ya go! After taking a few swigs, you won’t be a bit concerned about washing clothes on the washboard!

Win win.

Thank goodness for our heirlooms. They may be of even greater value, soon.

[Magic Fingers]

“Well, let’s get to building ‘em over here now, so that we’ll start having our own chips in 2024.”

$35 billion semiconductor plant in Phoenix expected to become operational in 2024.

https://www.abc15.com/news/business/taiwan-semiconductors-phoenix-plant-likely-three-times-larger-than-originally-announced

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

☑

[Jane Long]

[EvilCapitalist]

I still have one of those. It works great.

[EvilCapitalist]

Mine is the round one.

[blam]

"😱 you might have to go old school...."

I remember seeing my mom use one of those.

[Jane Long]

:-)

[Libloather]

I will have to buy a new car soon...and a washing machine...

A car that has a rinse cycle? I would pay extra for that.

[bleach]

Bad enough we have to worry about our catalytic converters. Now we have to fear coming hone and seeing our Maytag jacked up and parts missing.