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The 24 pages that link to Planned obsolescence, each with the reason it gives.

• Mass productionRelated: Critics connect large production volumes with incentives to accelerate product replacement.

• ConsumerismRelated: It encourages repeat purchases by shortening products’ perceived or actual useful lives.

• The CaveRelated: The Center’s demand for changing goods makes Cipriano’s durable pottery commercially unwanted.

• Electronic wasteRelated: Short product lifetimes can increase the volume of discarded electronics.

• Consumer electronicsRelated: Upgrade cycles raise questions about repairability, software support, and product lifespan.

• Thorstein VeblenRelated: Veblen’s critique of business incentives anticipates concerns about production for sales rather than need.

• Consumer societyRelated: Shortened product lifetimes can sustain repeat purchasing.

• Alfred P. SloanRelated: GM’s yearly styling changes became closely associated with consumer demand for newer cars.

• Do it yourselfRelated: Repair-oriented DIY challenges replacement cycles encouraged by products that are hard to maintain.

• Disposable productRelated: It can create short lifetimes, though disposability may be intentional without planned failure.

• Anti-consumerismRelated: It illustrates how business incentives can produce repeated purchasing and waste.

• King C. GilletteRelated: Frequent blade replacement made the Gillette system an early example of recurring consumption, though not necessarily planned obsolescence.

• Smart TVRelated: Software support can end while a smart TV’s display hardware still works.

• Consumer behaviourRelated: Replacement cycles connect purchasing patterns to product design and disposal.

• ShoppingRelated: Replacement cycles can create recurring shopping demand for products that wear out or become outdated.