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FDA says 561 deaths tied to recalled Philips sleep apnea machines (www.cbsnews.com)

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FDA says 561 deaths tied to recalled Philips sleep apnea machines::Update from the Food and Drug Agency comes days after Philips said it would stop selling the devices in the U.S.

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[–] WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world 13 points 9 months ago

Killing your customers slowly can be extremely profitable, and is preferred to not monetizing the poison at all (tobacco, alcohol, opioids, sugar, fossil fuels).

If this happened after 20 or 30 years it would be considered normal wear and tear, and well beyond the "usable life" of a product in the age of planned obsolescence.