planned obsolescence

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Etymology

Coined by Bernard London in 1932.

Noun

planned obsolescence (uncountable)

  1. A policy of deliberately planning or designing a product with a limited useful life, so it will become obsolete or nonfunctional after a certain period.
    • 1932, Bernard London, “Ending the Depression Through Planned Obsolescence”, in The New Prosperity, published 1933, →OCLC:
      An equally important advantage of a system of planned obsolescence would be its function in providing a new reservoir from which to draw income for the operation of the Government.
    • 2010, Tim Cooper, Longer Lasting Products, Gower Publishing, →ISBN, page 77:
      To the general public planned obsolescence first came to notoriety through the highly popular writings of Vance Packard (1963), who slammed Stevens in his bestselling book The Waste Makers.

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