the.com/obsolescence
the moment a thing stops dying of old age and starts dying of embarrassment.
means the process by which something becomes outdated or unusable, often before it actually breaks.
from from latin obsolescere, to grow old or fall into disuse, root sol- meaning to be accustomed — literally to lose your accustomed place in the world.
planned obsolescencedesigned to fail, coined during the 1932 depression
phoebus cartellightbulb makers capped bulb life at 1000 hours in 1924
psychological obsolescencestill works, just feels ashamed to own