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  1. Just learned about this from a podcast interview...

    Phoebus (Lightbulb) Cartel

    "The Phoebus cartel was an international #cartel that controlled the manufacture and sale of incandescent #lightbulbs in much of Europe and North America between 1925 and 1939. The cartel took over market territories and 👉 lowered the useful life of such bulbs👈 , which is commonly cited as an example of #plannedObsolescence."

    Good to know corporate greed hasn't changed in 100 years! #SSDD

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoebus_

    #Corporations #Collusion

  2. Just learned about this from a podcast interview...

    Phoebus (Lightbulb) Cartel

    "The Phoebus cartel was an international #cartel that controlled the manufacture and sale of incandescent #lightbulbs in much of Europe and North America between 1925 and 1939. The cartel took over market territories and 👉 lowered the useful life of such bulbs👈 , which is commonly cited as an example of #plannedObsolescence."

    Good to know corporate greed hasn't changed in 100 years! #SSDD

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoebus_

    #Corporations #Collusion

  3. Just learned about this from a podcast interview...

    Phoebus (Lightbulb) Cartel

    "The Phoebus cartel was an international #cartel that controlled the manufacture and sale of incandescent #lightbulbs in much of Europe and North America between 1925 and 1939. The cartel took over market territories and 👉 lowered the useful life of such bulbs👈 , which is commonly cited as an example of #plannedObsolescence."

    Good to know corporate greed hasn't changed in 100 years! #SSDD

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoebus_

    #Corporations #Collusion

  4. Just learned about this from a podcast interview...

    Phoebus (Lightbulb) Cartel

    "The Phoebus cartel was an international #cartel that controlled the manufacture and sale of incandescent #lightbulbs in much of Europe and North America between 1925 and 1939. The cartel took over market territories and 👉 lowered the useful life of such bulbs👈 , which is commonly cited as an example of #plannedObsolescence."

    Good to know corporate greed hasn't changed in 100 years! #SSDD

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoebus_

    #Corporations #Collusion

  5. Just learned about this from a podcast interview...

    Phoebus (Lightbulb) Cartel

    "The Phoebus cartel was an international #cartel that controlled the manufacture and sale of incandescent #lightbulbs in much of Europe and North America between 1925 and 1939. The cartel took over market territories and 👉 lowered the useful life of such bulbs👈 , which is commonly cited as an example of #plannedObsolescence."

    Good to know corporate greed hasn't changed in 100 years! #SSDD

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoebus_

    #Corporations #Collusion