planned obsolescence

Is Apple Slowing Down Old iPhones? Questions and Answers By NIRAJ CHOKSHI Brian X. Chen, the lead consumer technology writer for The New York Times, discusses the latest Apple statement, which has fueled controversy about planned obsolescence.

...一些公司人為的設置了(產品)使用壽命，這樣就可以獲得重覆銷售的利潤。「這是計劃性報廢的陰謀論，」西北大學（Northwestern University）市場營銷系教授莫漢比爾·索尼（Mohanbir Sawhney）說。

科技產品「計劃性報廢」的真相

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planned obsolescence

NOUN

[MASS NOUN]

A policy of producing consumer goods that rapidly become obsolete and so require replacing, achieved by frequent changes in design, termination of the supply of spare parts, and the use of non-durable materials.

Example sentences

• Following his own advice, he introduced annual model changes for GM cars - planned obsolescence designed to make the consumer discontented with what he or she already had.
• Big business gave us planned obsolescence and blundering corporations.
• But dig a little deeper and the truth is more complex and may say as much about planned obsolescence as it does consumer safety.