{"id":69391,"key":"Planned_obsolescence","title":"Planned obsolescence","latest":{"id":1249238,"timestamp":"2026-05-28T16:25:50Z"},"content_model":"wikitext","license":{"url":"https://www.appropedia.org/Appropedia:Copyrights","title":"CC-BY-SA-4.0"},"source":"[[File:Iphone back.jpg|thumb|The short cycle of smartphone generations leads to higher consumption.]]\n\nPlanned obsolescence is when goods are manufactured in such a way to wear out or break very easily so that they will have to be purchased repeatedly or serviced several times.\n\n== Practices ==\n\n* Low-quality products\n* Short innovation cycles\n* End of technical support for hardware\n* End of software update support\n\n[[File:Software Updater on Ubuntu 12.10.png|thumb|Software updater on Ubuntu 12.10]]\n\n== Response ==\n\n* Buying more durable goods.\n* Repairing broken items. For example, repair cafes.\n* One thing to bear in mind about full [[Life cycle analysis|life cycle analyses]] is that older machines may work longer but may also be more inefficient. So they may ''save'' on materials and their manufacture, shipping, etc. but ''cost'' more in energy.\n\n== Policy and laws ==\n\n=== Right to repair ===\n\n{{Wikipedia excerpt|Right to repair}}\n\n== External links ==\n\n* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lW17rr20tGY Animation on planned obsolescence]\n\n{{Page data\n| license = CC-BY-SA-3.0\n| description = Planned obsolescence shortens product lifespans. Appropedia promotes repair rights and designs that last longer.\n}}\n\n[[Category:Design]]\n[[Category:Sustainability]]"}