Adam French

Sep 12, 2018

1 min read

…eering of it, it’s simply not ethical to create products with planned obsolescence built into them. Planned obsolescence refers to the strategy of intentionally making a product have a short shelf life so that it will become unfashionable or nonfunctional after a certain period of time. General Motors first started practicing this strategy after the automobile market reached saturatio…

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Jeff Davidson

Great article so far! But you praise the iPhone and talk about planned obsolescence a few sentences later… Irony much? hahaha

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Adam French

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Systems Social Impact + Web3 Economics + Personal Development & Spirituality. Any questions? Hit me up afrench@designunity.one

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