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Post by rmarks1 on Feb 5, 2019 14:14:54 GMT -5
Well, it's faster than dying from cancer.
Bob
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Post by faskew on Feb 6, 2019 10:02:31 GMT -5
Hmmm, just like with computer and mobile phone batteries. Seems like there's room for serious improvement in battery technology. Or maybe some companies are just making crappy products and don't care. 8-<
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Post by rmarks1 on Feb 6, 2019 23:41:05 GMT -5
Hmmm, just like with computer and mobile phone batteries. Seems like there's room for serious improvement in battery technology. Or maybe some companies are just making crappy products and don't care. 8-<
Isn't it illegal to make faulty products that kill people? Are the corporate officers legally liable? If not, they should be.
Bob
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Post by faskew on Feb 7, 2019 9:21:49 GMT -5
I can't remember any corporate executive ever being punished for knowingly producing a product that killed or maimed customers. The corporations are often fined, but that money comes from stockholders, not the people who made the bad decisions. There may have been some who were punished, but I don't remember them. Usually, the worst that happens is that they are forced to resign and they pick up several million dollars in golden-parachute money on their way out the door. 8-<
Of course, sometimes flaws are only discovered after a product has been released. Or customers misuse a product and hurt themselves doing things that the product was never meant to do. But it seems to me that every couple of months now there's a report of a corporation releasing a product that they knew was dangerous beforehand and put it on the market anyway. Often they not only release the product, but they also go to great effort to hide or deny the danger.
Since there seems to be no down side and not releasing the product might reduce the executives quarterly bonus, I guess we're stuck with the current system. Sigh.
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