Planned Obsolescence: The case for designing services with limited shelf life

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[–]WebcomicAddiction 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (6 children)

Windows Vista

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Clippy

What the fuck is this chart? How is any of that related to planned obsolescence ?

also:

honey

Is author aware of the fact that over a period of time honey basically becomes sugar?

also:

iphone 4

1 year

What? Did he just copy pasted warranties?

[–]Tom_Bombadil 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

honey

Is author aware of the fact that over a period of time honey basically becomes sugar?

Honey is an amazing food item.

[–]useless_aether 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

raw honey only!

[–]Tom_Bombadil 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Good call.

[–]AntiLowEffortHuman 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

honey

Is author aware of the fact that over a period of time honey basically becomes sugar?

Wow I wasn't aware of this either

[–]Otacon 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Did he just copy pasted warranties?

The article uses a really weird method of determining "obsolescence"

Here, We survey and compare how long a product could last before they are deemed unconsumable, or considered phased out or outmoded (i.e, a new model is constructed)

So basically if the company releases a new model the next year then this chart likely considers the original model obsolete regardless of if it still functions. That would explain why the iPhone 3g and 4 only have a one year rating, or PS3 only being rated for 7 years despite myself personally having several original PS3s that are still in excellent working order.

[–]WebcomicAddiction 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

That makes very little sense considering that new models might be made for the different type of customer base or that older models are usually still supported by the companies.