the.com/disposability
the design philosophy that turned 'built to last' into a punchline.
means a product's engineered tendency to be thrown away rather than repaired, usually to sell you another one.
from coined mid-20th century as planned obsolescence went mainstream, when postwar plastics made single-use cheaper than repair; life magazine's 1955 'throwaway living' spread literally celebrated a family flinging their own dishes in the air.
1955 adlife magazine praised disposable items as liberation from chores
printer inkoften costs more per ounce than champagne
right to repairlaws now fighting this exact business model