- Target:
- government
- Region:
- Australia
Planned obsolescence or built-in obsolescence.
It's making something with a faulty part so that it breaks or stops working, forcing you to buy another...in short, good for the economy..... bad for mother earth.... and us.
Here is some more info from Wikipedia.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Built-in_obsolescence
Planned obsolescence or built-in obsolescence is the process of a product becoming obsolete and/or non-functional after a certain period or amount of use in a way that is planned or designed by the manufacturer. Planned obsolescence has potential benefits for a producer because the product fails and the consumer is under pressure to purchase again, whether from the same manufacturer (a replacement part or a newer model), or from a competitor which might also rely on planned obsolescence. [1] The purpose of planned obsolescence is to hide the real cost per use from the consumer, and charge a higher price than they would otherwise be willing to pay (or would be unwilling to spend all at once).
For an industry, planned obsolescence stimulates demand by encouraging purchasers to buy again sooner if they still want a functioning product. Built-in obsolescence is in many different products, from vehicles to light bulbs, from buildings to proprietary software. There is, however, the potential backlash of consumers who learn that the manufacturer invested money to make the product obsolete faster; such consumers might turn to a producer (if any exists) that offers a more durable alternative.
Planned obsolescence was first developed in the 1920s and 1930s when mass production had opened every minute aspect of the production process to exacting analysis.
Estimates of planned obsolescence can influence a company's decisions about product engineering. Therefore the company can use the least expensive components that satisfy product lifetime projections. Such decisions are part of a broader discipline known as value engineering.
The use of planned obsolescence is not always easy to pinpoint, and it is complicated by related problems, such as competing technologies or creeping featurism which expands functionality in newer product versions.
Planned obsolescence or built-in obsolescence. It's making something with a faulty part so that it breaks or stops working, forcing you to buy another...in short, good for the economy..... bad for mother earth.... and us.
It basically rapes the planet, because rather than cutting down one tree to produce one well-made chair that could potentially last a thousand years, you make the chair with a "built-in obsolescence". So it falls apart in one year and you are forced to try and fix it.
It's the reason most products don't have much more than a one-year warranty.
What's the solution?
For me it's a matter of what choice do we have? Resources on the planet a diminishing quickly, pollution is increasing alarmingly, the earth is warming up and rebelling. Make something once, make it well and take pride in the process. Hope you agree and join my petition.
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The Stop planned obsolescence or built-in obsolescence petition to government was written by Steve Ramsey and is in the category Government at GoPetition.