the.com/planned obsolescence
the art of designing things to die right after the warranty does.
means deliberately engineering products to fail or feel outdated so customers keep buying replacements.
from coined in the 1932 pamphlet by bernard london, then made infamous by lightbulb makers in the phoebus cartel who literally agreed to shorten bulb lifespans in the 1920s.
phoebus cartelcapped bulb life at 1000 hours by agreement
centennial lightone bulb has burned since 1901, uncartelized
tech versionsoftware updates slow down older phones on purpose