Usage of "planned obsolescence"

Russian

плановое устаревание

Portuguese

obsolescencia programada

Spanish

obsolencia planificada

Catalan

obsolescència planificada

Practice of planning or designing a product with an artificially limited useful life.

Related terms

destruction

плановое устаревание

Synonyms

Examples for "built-in obsolescence"

The site had overlooked the obvious problem of its built-in obsolescence. 
 The Guardian 

Success in Hollywood comes with built-in obsolescence. 
 The Guardian 

When it came to white goods, for far too long consumers put up with nonsense notions of built-in obsolescence. 
 The Irish Times 

As they prepare to promote their second album, Version 2.0, they know they're fighting a battle against built-in obsolescence. 
 The Irish Times 

It's also good to see B&O provide a replaceable battery (770mAh) with these headphones, removing the built-in obsolescence that other Bluetooth headphones invariably have. 
 News.com.au 

Usage of planned obsolescence in English

So I learned about planned obsolescence, advertising, and other tools for promoting consumerism. 
 The story of stuff 

Just like any software company, DisneyQuest has built its business model around planned obsolescence. 
 Wired 

That's a tall order in the era of planned obsolescence. 
 Wired 

Every year around this time, the same rumors pop up around iPhones and planned obsolescence. 
 Wired 

It is driven by another outlandish norm: planned obsolescence. 
 The Guardian 

Now, with the site's planned obsolescence, users are looking for ways to save their Groups history. 
 Wired 

It's the planned obsolescence we've all agreed to. 
 Rant: an oral biography of buster casey 

In planned obsolescence, products are intended to be thrown away as quickly as possible and then replaced. 
 The story of stuff 

How does an industry make money when planned obsolescence has always been the name of the game? 
 Wired 

Is this an example of planned obsolescence? 
 The Irish Times 

Have you ever heard of planned obsolescence? 
 Subversive 

That's planned obsolescence at work. 
 The story of stuff 

Talk about planned obsolescence. 
 Wired 

Toshiba has discovered a new way to enforce such planned obsolescence by cutting the repair market off from critical service information. 
 Wired 

But shopping for them can be a journey into a hell of clueless salespeople flanked by 10-foot-high walls of planned obsolescence. 
 Wired 

By making it so expensive and inconvenient to repair broken electronics, this policy amounts to planned obsolescence: many people simply throw the devices away. 
 Wired 