Do you agree with the practice of planned obsolescence?

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Acevil said:

Ka-pi96 said:
What`s this thread even about? Half the people seem to be talking about replacing products that still work, while the other half seem to be talking about products breaking easier these days thus needing replacing more often. So which one is it?

Apparantly products break easier now than they did decades ago? I mean besides phones (given this might be neglect or poor design choice by the richest company in the world) I don't really see it. 

That is actually an incorrect usage of the term planned obsolescence. planned obsolescence is about when you release a product you already have your next version planned with the features in order to make your current releasing product obsolete. It is sound business practise for products with high volumes and low margins. sometimes it does include building products with real expected lifetimes due to engineering of product but that is more a byproduct of designing to an expected lifetime at minimal cost.