planned obsolescence
built-in obsolescence

Does that mean there's no such thing as planned obsolescence?

No, it means that planned obsolescence occurs only under special conditions.

Planned obsolescence, if it ever existed, was no longer practical.

Some of its guts, we'll say, were designed with planned obsolescence in mind.

"We do not believe in planned obsolescence", the ads suggested.

And if the point of the whole game was planned obsolescence, it became logical to ask: Why not beat the system?

But planned obsolescence or no, this version is beginning to reach its pull date.

I don't see how they can really justify this beyond planned obsolescence.

Planned obsolescence, an item designed to break or become undesirable after some period of time.

"Apple is taking planned obsolescence to the next level."

Complaints about "planned obsolescence" have disappeared as quality has risen.

You would think the people who manufacture atlases are into planned obsolescence.

This led some strategic planners to build planned obsolescence into their strategies.

Estimates of planned obsolescence can influence a company's decisions about product engineering.

Others have defended planned obsolescence as a necessary driving force behind innovation and economic growth.

Planned obsolescence would force the writers of the tax code to be concise.

Planned obsolescence has also been criticized as a wasteful practice under capitalism.

Planned obsolescence has disappeared, so far as the prole is concerned.

The other issue was materials and planned obsolescence.

That's why economists are generally skeptical about allegations of "planned obsolescence."

But an unfortunate side effect is the lost opportunity to provide some socially desirable planned obsolescence.

To help explain what all this design business was about, he coined the phrase planned obsolescence.

Critics view planned obsolescence as wasteful and an inefficient use of resources.

He instead suggested manufacturing demand for product through "artificial" or planned obsolescence.

Planned obsolescence tends to work best when a producer has at least an oligopoly.