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My understanding of "planned obsolescence" is that it relates to physical products which become defective shortly and are not easily/economically repairable.
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My understanding of "planned obsolescence" is that it relates to physical products which become defective shortly and are not easily/economically repairable.
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Other tricks such as selling only slightly improved hardware to dumb customers, selling crippled hardware or customer lock-in doesn't fall under the "planned obsolescence" umbrella.
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Other tricks such as selling only slightly improved hardware to dumb customers, selling crippled hardware or customer lock-in doesn't fall under the "planned obsolescence" umbrella.
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[quote]It's a very real stuff ... [/quote]
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[quote]It's a very real stuff ... [/quote]
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Capitalistic dirty tricks are real stuff, but not all dirty tricks are of the "planned obsolescence" type.
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Capitalistic dirty tricks are real stuff, but not all dirty tricks are of the "planned obsolescence" type.
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It is more about loss of control of your own belongings. You may not notice it at start of "ownership" because the firmware/software is up to date and does what you want, but you are already not in control. Its your fault.
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It is more about loss of control of your own belongings. You may not notice it at start of "ownership" because the firmware/software is up to date and does what you want, but you are already not in control. Its your fault.
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Apple's
and
Microsoft's
strategy
(
and
most
software
companies
strategy)
is
customer
lock-in.
Don't
go
there
and
you'll
be
fine,
or
go
there
but
expect
worst
case
scenario.
Software
do
not
become
faulty
over
time,
if
it
is,
it
has
always
been.
But
it
may
become
out-of-date
as
in
"unable
to
cope
with
new
uses
or
new
threats".
Did
you
pay
a
maintenance
fee
to
microsoft?
I
guess
not.
.
.
so
why
do
you
expect
them
to
be
kind
to
you?
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Apple's
and
Microsoft's
strategy
(
and
most
software
companies
strategy)
is
customer
lock-in.
Don't
go
there
and
you'll
be
fine,
or
go
there
but
expect
worst
case
scenario.
Software
do
not
become
faulty
over
time,
if
it
is,
it
has
always
been.
But
it
may
become
out-of-date
as
in
"unable
to
cope
with
new
uses
or
new
threats".
Did
you
pay
a
maintenance
fee
to
microsoft?
I
guess
not.
.
.
so
why
do
you
expect
them
to
be
kind
to
you?
Expecting
Microsoft
to
backport
recent
.
NET
to
all
previous
OS
is
like
expecting
your
car
maker
to
provide
you
additional
seats
because
you
now
have
children.
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Related: "Cory Doctorow: The coming war on general computation"
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Related: "Cory Doctorow: The coming war on general computation"
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYqkU1y0AYc
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYqkU1y0AYc
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planned obsolescence