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Originally Posted by Cyberman tM
I agree with the second sentence, but not with the first.
"Planned obsolescence" in the conspiracy world means someone in the company sitting behind a desk, twirling his mustache thinking of new ways to create a device that will break one day after the warranty runs out.
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I've taken courses in systems engineering, which includes requirements development. Believe me planned obsolenscence is real. Just google it. From one source:
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DEFINITION OF 'PLANNED OBSOLESCENCE'
A manufacturing decision by a company to make consumer products in such a way that they become out-of-date or useless within a known time period. The main goal of this type of production is to ensure that consumers will have to buy the product multiple times, rather than only once. This naturally stimulates demand for an industry's products because consumers have to keep coming back again and again.
Products ranging from inexpensive light bulbs to high-priced goods such as cars and buildings are subject to planned obsolescence by manufacturers and producers.
Also known as "built-in obsolescence".
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