I was downright careless with my old Nokia, and it never failed. I kept it a long time too.
Capitalism has convinced you you need a new, thin, expensive, fragile smartphone every 2 to 4 years. You didn't break your old one, miraculously. So why is it a slow piece of shit now? Did you change what you do on your phone all that much in 2 to 4 years? Aren't you still just messaging and scrolling social media?

Use your PC mostly for e-mail, documents, and social media? Maybe hanging on to digital photos? Maybe even editing them! Same shit you've done on your PC for decades, really. But... you need a new one? Is your old one broken? No. Capitalism just made your old one "unsupported" now! Explain to me why your spreadsheet needs more computing power all of a sudden.

Gamer? Games used to be as finished as they could, and they tried to catch bugs, because there was no way to update your cartridge. Capitalism has convinced you to pay $70+ for half finished shit. And now they can take it away! Oh, you have the disc? Enjoy the unfinished version when they take the full one away IF the disc isnt just a downloader. You know Sonic the Hedgehog on cartridge still plays just the same on Genesis as it did in the 90s.

Capitalism has convinced you RSS is antiquated. The real reason it's fading is because it doesn't have ads and tracking. You going to tell me the news article is truly better on a browser with ads than on a little program you can open any time, on or offline?

Regular TV has been playing shows a little sped up so they can cram in another ad, and capitalism convinced you to tolerate this.
Oh, streaming? Capitalism has convinced you to tolerate splitting the libraries up all over the place. $10 here, $15 there... might as well have that $80 cable package.

Capitalism convinced you you want your car's HVAC controls in the expensive AF infotainment system. Sure, you can cope with no music on your drive when the radio breaks, but now you get no AC and no heat! Did you really have more quality of life changing a knob to a little slider on a glass panel?

Like to look pretty? Capitalism has somehow convinced you one clear rock is vastly superior to another, identical looking, cheaper clear rock. I challenge you to find me someone who can tell the difference at the distance anyone seeing you wear them would see it.

Capitalism, as well as racism - throw that in for good measure here, has convinced you to add a little fee to your meal so the restaurant can pay the staff even less than poverty wages!
Yes, tipping started with making sure black people got paid less since they couldn't legally have slaves now. Well, at least not blatant obvious slaves.

Have you noticed appliances and cars fall apart far quicker than antiques? Capitalism convinced you to be cool with that. There is no reason, besides getting you to pay again, a washing machine can't last your whole life and beyond.

@hellomiakoda Well, all those shitty appliances are made in China with crappy parts. What does last a life time, is washing clothes on a rock by the river, but no one wants to do that these days. I have done it. it works and is awesome, Get off your ass, wash the stains out of your underoos, and stop complaining.