the.com/planned obsolescence
the business model where things are built to die right after the warranty does.
means deliberately designing products with a limited useful life so customers have to buy replacements sooner than necessary.
from coined in the 1930s but crystallized by the phoebus cartel of 1924, when lightbulb makers secretly agreed to cap bulb life at 1000 hours, down from 2500, to keep sales humming.
phoebus cartelengineers were fined for making bulbs last too long
printer inkchips sometimes stop cartridges before they are empty
term coinedby bernard london in a 1932 pamphlet
legal pushbackfrance made it a crime in 2015
for instance
phoebus cartel — 1924 lightbulb makers colluded to shorten bulb lifespan globally
iphone batteries — apple fined 25 million euros in 2020 for throttling old phones
nylon stockings — dupont deliberately weakened fabric strength in the 1940s to boost sales
printer cartridges — epson sued in france for chips halting ink early