Why iPod has 1 year expiration on sleep button?

My iPod touch's sleep button died just a few weeks after a year. My iPhone's sleep button died a few weeks after
a year. My son's iPod Nano's sleep button also died a few weeks after a year.
It seems Apple has the expiration date on their products. Wonder if they took this issue seriously.
It happens in their three different products. So there must be a fundamental flaw in their design.
As a consumer, I got screwed.

Here is a relevant thread to this problem.
https://discussions.apple.com/message/22406671#22406671
My 2nd 6th gen iPod nano has just bricked, with both the 'volume down' and the 'sleep/wake' button unresponsive. I haven't used it excessively, probably 4 hours a week for the last year.
Very dissappointed.

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Why iPod has 1 year expiration on sleep button?

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