Yes. They ARE. "Purposely Making Things To Break". It's the new market strategy for the past couple of decades. I guess some started it and other companies followed.. and became a standard (like everything when - noone stopping them - hey! we can get away with it, fuck the morals, it is Bu-Si-NESS!!! With a Capital B. :)
If only could poor Ford see what happened with his legacy.. After all he was one of the people who wanted to build something to LAST long.
Now everything you buy has a time-ticking bomb on it. It breaks - you buy new... you don't repair it.. why would you bother?!.. so many new, shiny whatevers are there waiting to be bought..
In the end - YOLO - you only live once! Who cares about Earth pollution due to over-manufacturing! Phh.. That's for the hippies.. as someone once said!