If reddit was a thing before Photoshop was around, I assume they’d block not only that too, but stuff like changing hue, exposure, etc.

Yup. Offer 'em a high wage, only to forefeit all their earthly possessions once you lock 'em up.

Gettin’ ‘n employee to train their own replacement ain’t nothin’ compared to that. Efficiency 9000!

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And the worst part?

They probably sleep sounder than you.

Back then, not everyone had a washing machine, a frige, a stove, etc. The untapped market was those without those appliances. The focus was on reducing price while keepijg quality. Later, when most people had a fridge and the sales went down, the execs got the idea to add a shiny new shelf, a built-in freezer, a window, an ice machine, etc. Then they thought up of stuff like energy efficiency, durability, etc for marketing and planned obsolesence for maintaining their bottom line.

Nowadays, I wouldn’t be surprised that more money is spent on researching novel ways of planned obsolesence (while avoiding laws against that in places where it exists), than just using “tried and true” methods would.