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Planned obsooescence is a time bomb in products, particularly electronics by [Apple](/s/crApple). It means deliberately making a device become defunct sooner and components last for a shorter time. It is a tactic to make people purchase their next product sooner (after the deliberately shortened lifespan of their previous product expired). # Should planned obsolescence be **outlawed?**

Planned obsooescence is a time bomb in products, particularly electronics by .

It means deliberately making a device become defunct sooner and components last for a shorter time.

It is a tactic to make people purchase their next product sooner (after the deliberately shortened lifespan of their previous product expired).

Should planned obsolescence be outlawed?

No.
Yes, it should be outlawed.

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That is strange because I still have an iphone 4 that have never been "updated" and it still works perfectly fine. Every person I've talked to had to get an new iphone after they updated their perfectly good working iphone 4 & 5s. It's the updates that kill the phones and force people to buy the newer versions each year.

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I still have an iphone 4 [2010] that have never been "updated" and it still works perfectly fine.

Respect.

But has the battery never been replaced by some repair shop?

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The battery have never been replaced at all because I know they will actually take the fucking time to update it, turning it into a brick.

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Which iOS version are you running?

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Do all websites work well on your iPhone 4? (especially since the new HTTPS TLS 1.2 encryption enforcement)