New Things Suck

I'm currently frustrated with the world,
It seems that everything today,
Is designed to break down,
And then be thrown away.
A case in point happened yesterday,
A tragedy to all and me,
When we had a family break-down,
With the player of the DVD.
We bought it fifteen months ago,
The discs could not be read,
We took it in to be repaired,
And were told it was now dead.
The repair bill would be prohibitive,
The fault was a laser head,
For the two hundred dollars needed,
We could buy a new one instead.
So for less than two hundred dollars,
I bought one better than the last,
It's sound and picture quality superior,
I'll forget the old one fast.
But I know that in fifteen months,
We'll be in this place again,
Things don't seem to last,
I guess I'll worry about that then.
But we have several video players,
The new ones are so fragile,
But the twenty-year-old one keeps going,
Better than the others by a mile.
So, am I being too cynical,
Expecting the new ones to fold?
Or do today's things not last long?
Or am I just getting old?

The DVD player refused to work yesterday. Our local appliance guru worked out that the difference between repairing the fifteen month old one and buying a new one with better technology was $10. No contest, really. However, five of my friends who all bought them at the same time have all had to replace theirs over the last three weeks. Strange.