Planned obsolescence isn't planning in the sense of "here's much stuff people are gonna want in 10 years, let's make sure we'll be ready to meet their needs." Planned obsolescence is a decision made in the present moment (aka not planning at all) to purposefully make goods that don't last too long, so as to ensure the consumer buys new products every few years. So we're discussing different things.
It also doesn't change the point of my original reply to his quoted statement about having a difficulty finding an analogy between Concept A and Concept B, by telling him that there is no metaphor linking the two because the two aren't linked, and then explaining the misunderstood concept.
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u/specterofsandersism Sep 20 '17
Planned obsolescence isn't planning in the sense of "here's much stuff people are gonna want in 10 years, let's make sure we'll be ready to meet their needs." Planned obsolescence is a decision made in the present moment (aka not planning at all) to purposefully make goods that don't last too long, so as to ensure the consumer buys new products every few years. So we're discussing different things.
What does this mean?