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In the discussion thread: Why Apple Makes Profits from Electronics that Break (Planned Obsolescence) [View all]

Sun Apr 29, 2012, 12:01 AM

19. That's interesting

Perhaps I should have used a different brand. The example is hypothetical, but the idea of planned obsolescence usually works though electronics by designing products that can't keep up with the improvements of technology.

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28 replies	Author	Time	Post
Why Apple Makes Profits from Electronics that Break (Planned Obsolescence) [View all]	rdubwiley	Apr 2012	OP
Most companies do this. Do you know what the term	louis-t	Apr 2012	#1
What are you talking about?	NWHarkness	Apr 2012	#2
They are good products	rdubwiley	Apr 2012	#4
Agreed	Sherman A1	Apr 2012	#6
yea, tell that to my 10 year old lap top	Merlot	Apr 2012	#18
That's interesting	rdubwiley	Apr 2012	#19
Well, yes, there are limits to the older laptops	Merlot	Apr 2012	#23
The problem is...	rdubwiley	Apr 2012	#24
Your iPad breaks so much because you break it.	RevStPatrick	Apr 2012	#3
That's true	rdubwiley	Apr 2012	#5
One biggie though!	longship	Apr 2012	#7
I actually like the internal batteries	rdubwiley	Apr 2012	#8
That is not what I was talking about	longship	Apr 2012	#9
So	rdubwiley	Apr 2012	#25
Not a furnished battery, a refurbished device	longship	Apr 2012	#26
that would be an example of planned obsolescence	rdubwiley	Apr 2012	#27
Bing, Bing, Bing, Bing, Bing!	longship	Apr 2012	#28
I had a couch from my grandmother in the late 1990s that she probably bought in the 1930s. It was	applegrove	Apr 2012	#10
Yeah	rdubwiley	Apr 2012	#11
Of course it costs more to recover a couch than it does to buy a new one too. That being	applegrove	Apr 2012	#13
That's interesting	rdubwiley	Apr 2012	#21
The decision is easy!	DemzRock	Apr 2012	#12
Actually	rdubwiley	Apr 2012	#15
The new ''light bulb conspriacy.''	DeSwiss	Apr 2012	#14
Strangely	rdubwiley	Apr 2012	#16
I sort of favor it.....	DeSwiss	Apr 2012	#17
Actually	rdubwiley	Apr 2012	#20
True. However.....	DeSwiss	Apr 2012	#22

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