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All of you have noticed such a remarkable phenomenon as the planned obsolescence of things. In Russia, this is often called "coproeconomics" or simply "economics of shit." It began sometime in the early 2000s.
Big business solves three problems at once with the help of coproeconomics:
1) reduces the cost per unit of production.
2) makes the population more often buy goods.
3) feeds a horde of parasites, middlemen and "extra" people.
In addition, this approach quickly worsens the state of the biosphere. In my opinion, the positive side of coproeconomics is only in accelerating the introduction of new technologies (whether it is necessary or not).
The main examples of the coproeconomic approach, in my opinion:
- Food industry. It has long been turned into one of the sub-sectors of the chemical industry. Natural products exist, but it is more difficult to find them and they are more expensive.
- Auto industry and household appliances. Most consumer equipment breaks now immediately after the expiration of the warranty period. Repairability is zero, you need to replace the whole units instead of repair, the huge cost and low availability of spare parts.
- Software. The constant invention of "new" bloated frameworks increases the system requirements of programs, with a minimum of useful features added. Because of this, you always have to buy new devices, while the old ones still work fine. In addition, ALMOST each program now collects data about you, which is then sold to interested parties. "Unscrupulous" people earn on you, hiding behind the "concern for convenience."
Please provide more specific examples from your countries, if you notice this.
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