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graceful degradation: the opposite of planned obsolescence (slrpnk.net)

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[–] lemming741 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'd hope my scanner works when I'm out of ink, but here we are.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's not planned obsolescence though. Your printer/scanner isn't made obsolete because you run out of a consumable portion. I mean yes, it's purposely disabled to force you to buy more ink, but buying ink instantly restores the functionality. It's super anti-consumer behavior for sure.

If your printer was made to perform worse over time to force you to replace the entire device, that would be planned obsolescence. Like devices with non-replaceable batteries that degrade over time.

[–] lemming741 3 points 1 year ago

Think you're on the wrong comment chain, we're talking about iphone mics