Gabital - Fantasy Capitalism 101: #9 Planned Obsolescence

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Planned obsolescence is a practice when goods are created with an artificially shorter lifespan in order to not only cut costs, but also force consumers to make repeat purchases. In some cases that practice may even cost MORE to create an intentionally faulty good for the producer.