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graceful degradation: the opposite of planned obsolescence (slrpnk.net)
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[–] -4 points 2 years ago (2 children)

What do you mean "nothing to do with"? The title literally says "the opposite of planned obsolescence", which is planning the failure of a device. This is showing the planned continued use of a device when parts of it fails.

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  • [–] 14 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    Planned obsolescence is taking steps to ensure the device fails.

    But if I have a device that requires four batteries to function and one of them fails and this causes the device to stop working, that's not planned obsolescence, it's just not graceful degradation. It isn't planned obsolescence because the device isn't useless, I just need to put some new batteries in.

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