Previously posted in mildly interesting a year ago, doesn’t qualify anymore: https://lemmy.sdf.org/post/18714104
Probably disintegrating, I don’t know. But now I’ll finally have to buy new ones. Currently there’s 6 oozing points in total. 3 are minor, one is now inactive (the 2024 pimple), one I taped over, but it’s starting to overflow, and one near the jack is major.
I now cannot plug them in without getting sticky residue everywhere. Also the rubber on the outside is starting to crumble a bit.
I am a cheapskate, but this may be their end.
We live is corrosive atmosphere.
When rubber and plastic run out of antioxidants they will disintegrate or turn in to a slime.
When using recycled plastics, this a real wild card. The levels can wary wildly from batch to batch, so even the manufacturer doesn’t really have clue. Only occasionally tested minimum level.
Pristine shit can be used more for planned obsolesce.