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Planned obsolescence is a business strategy where a product is designed in such a way that it will inevitably fail or become obsolete and require replacement with a non-obsolete product. Planned obsolescence directly harms the consumer by reducing product lifetime and by generating unnecessary waste.

~~==How planned obsolescence impacts consumer rights==~~

#REDIRECT [[Self-destructive design]]

Planned obsolescence is undeniably harmful to consumers as it directly harms product functionality, in addition this obsolescence inevitably generates waste.

~~===Excessive waste===~~

Planned obsolescence is implemented with the intent that the consumer will replace their dysfunctional product with a functioning one; companies would like the dysfunctional product to disappear into the void but obsolete products usually end up being discarded if they cannot be recycled.

~~===Obfuscation of true product value===~~

It is difficult for a consumer to predict how planned obsolescence will damage their purchase overtime which will make them unable to come to accurate conclusions on whether a purchase is worth the price.

~~=== Digital obsolescence ===~~

~~see [[Discontinuation bricking]]~~

~~===Dependence on third-party repairs===~~

Some consumers may be interested in maintaining their device by replacing obsolete components with newer ones, consumers will inevitably look to third-parties for repair which may open the user to [[security]] and [[safety]] risks. Companies make this difficult by putting [[DRM]] into their products to prevent unauthorized component replacement thus which worsens the waste problem<ref>Insert reference to company doing this</ref>.

~~==Examples==~~

*[[IPhone planned obsolescence incidencies|IPhone planned obsolescence incidences]] - These definitely exist someone has to write an article.

~~==References==~~

~~<references />~~

[[~~Category:Anti~~-~~Consumer_Practices~~]]

[[Category:Common terms]]

~~[[Category:Articles in need of additional work]]~~

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-Planned obsolescence is a business strategy where a product is designed in such a way that it will inevitably fail or become obsolete and require replacement with a non-obsolete product. Planned obsolescence directly harms the consumer by reducing product lifetime and by generating unnecessary waste.
-==How planned obsolescence impacts consumer rights==
+#REDIRECT [[Self-destructive design]]
-Planned obsolescence is undeniably harmful to consumers as it directly harms product functionality, in addition this obsolescence inevitably generates waste.<!-- We may want to refer to Discontinuation bricking, some instances of discontinuation bricking could be considered planned obsolescence. -->
-===Excessive waste===
-Planned obsolescence is implemented with the intent that the consumer will replace their dysfunctional product with a functioning one; companies would like the dysfunctional product to disappear into the void but obsolete products usually end up being discarded if they cannot be recycled.
-===Obfuscation of true product value===
-It is difficult for a consumer to predict how planned obsolescence will damage their purchase overtime which will make them unable to come to accurate conclusions on whether a purchase is worth the price.
-=== Digital obsolescence ===
-see [[Discontinuation bricking]]
-===Dependence on third-party repairs===
-Some consumers may be interested in maintaining their device by replacing obsolete components with newer ones, consumers will inevitably look to third-parties for repair which may open the user to [[security]] and [[safety]] risks. Companies make this difficult by putting [[DRM]] into their products to prevent unauthorized component replacement thus which worsens the waste problem<ref>Insert reference to company doing this</ref>.
-==Examples==
-*[[IPhone planned obsolescence incidencies|IPhone planned obsolescence incidences]] - These definitely exist someone has to write an article.
-==References==
-<references />
-[[Category:Anti-Consumer_Practices]]
 [[Category:Common terms]]
-[[Category:Articles in need of additional work]]
-[[Category:Articles requiring expansion]]