"Limited lifespan is only a sign of planned obsolescence if the limit is made artificially short."
Its not always the consumers fault, its a market for lemons and paying more is by no means a guarantee of a better product. Especially when models are updated every few years , so keeping track becomes almost impossible.
Most examples have some sort of devils advocate reason (which I rarely believe) but some are extremely cut and dry:
"For example, inkjet printer manufacturers employ smart chips in their ink cartridges to prevent them from being used after a certain threshold (number of pages, time, etc.), even though the cartridge may still contain usable ink or could be refilled (with ink toners, up to 50 percent of the toner cartridge is often still full)"
"Limited lifespan is only a sign of planned obsolescence if the limit is made artificially short."
Its not always the consumers fault, its a market for lemons and paying more is by no means a guarantee of a better product. Especially when models are updated every few years , so keeping track becomes almost impossible.
Most examples have some sort of devils advocate reason (which I rarely believe) but some are extremely cut and dry: "For example, inkjet printer manufacturers employ smart chips in their ink cartridges to prevent them from being used after a certain threshold (number of pages, time, etc.), even though the cartridge may still contain usable ink or could be refilled (with ink toners, up to 50 percent of the toner cartridge is often still full)"