There is a thing called “planned obsolence” and the techno-gadget companies use it to make people want to buy new upgraded versions of their gadgets. There are rumors that some companies may cause the failure of their gadgets with timer circuits built into chips. Google it. There is one company that comes up quite a bit. I don’t buy their products after having several of their devices suspiciously go out on me after the warranty expired; not just once either but multiple times.
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You better not purchase anything then because planned obsolescence exists in every industry and has for nearly a century
There is also a thing called ‘invention’
Each year there are new inventions that make our gadgets better.
Planning has nothing to do with it.