They Used To Last 50 Years
I've worked on hundreds of domestic appliances.<p>Newer ones from any manufacturer are indeed failing more often, and are designed worse.<p>The only explanation is that this is on purpose - just like cars or laptops or smartphones, they are designed to fail faster so you buy new ones. Planned obsolescence, plain and simple.<p>The best appliances today, by the way, are made by Bosch/Siemens and Miele. None of the other manufacturers come close, period.<p>Interestingly, the high-end machines from Bosch/Siemens made in Germany are higher quality than the ones made in Poland, China, Spain or Turkey.<p>Same design, but it seems they use lower quality electronics and metals, as the most common failures are with the motors, control boards and bearings.