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		<title>Elie: /* How to fight against planned obsolescence */</title>
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		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;span dir=&quot;auto&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;autocomment&quot;&gt;How to fight against planned obsolescence&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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				&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot; id=&quot;mw-diff-left-l14&quot;&gt;Line 14:&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==How to fight against planned obsolescence==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==How to fight against planned obsolescence==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;* [[Right to repair]]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;* [[Right to repair]]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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		<author><name>Elie</name></author>
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		<title>Elie at 23:29, 2 April 2023</title>
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		<updated>2023-04-02T23:29:37Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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				&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot; id=&quot;mw-diff-left-l1&quot;&gt;Line 1:&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;[[Planned obsolescence]] is when businesses intentionally make products unusable in the long term.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;[[Planned obsolescence]] is when businesses intentionally make products unusable in the long term.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;'''Note:''' Not all obsolescence is planned. '''[[Code bloat]]''' causes all the same problems as planned obsolescence, even ''&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;when&lt;/del&gt;'' &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;not &lt;/del&gt;intentional.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;'''Note:''' Not all obsolescence is planned. '''[[Code bloat]]''' causes all the same problems as planned obsolescence, even &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;when &lt;/ins&gt;''&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;not&lt;/ins&gt;'' intentional.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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		<title>Elie: Created page with &quot;Planned obsolescence is when businesses intentionally make products unusable in the long term.  '''Note:''' Not all obsolescence is planned. '''Code bloat''' causes all the same problems as planned obsolescence, even ''when'' not intentional.  ==Examples== {{empty}}  ==Effects== * Exploitation of factory workers * E-waste - electronic waste that pollutes oceans and land * Climate change, as factories need more energy to produce more products * Oth...&quot;</title>
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		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Created page with &amp;quot;&lt;a href=&quot;/Planned_obsolescence&quot; title=&quot;Planned obsolescence&quot;&gt;Planned obsolescence&lt;/a&gt; is when businesses intentionally make products unusable in the long term.  &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Note:&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; Not all obsolescence is planned. &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;a href=&quot;/Code_bloat&quot; title=&quot;Code bloat&quot;&gt;Code bloat&lt;/a&gt;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; causes all the same problems as planned obsolescence, even &amp;#039;&amp;#039;when&amp;#039;&amp;#039; not intentional.  ==Examples== {{empty}}  ==Effects== * &lt;a href=&quot;/index.php?title=Exploitation&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;redlink=1&quot; class=&quot;new&quot; title=&quot;Exploitation (page does not exist)&quot;&gt;Exploitation&lt;/a&gt; of factory workers * &lt;a href=&quot;/index.php?title=E-waste&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;redlink=1&quot; class=&quot;new&quot; title=&quot;E-waste (page does not exist)&quot;&gt;E-waste&lt;/a&gt; - electronic waste that pollutes oceans and land * &lt;a href=&quot;/Climate_change&quot; class=&quot;mw-redirect&quot; title=&quot;Climate change&quot;&gt;Climate change&lt;/a&gt;, as factories need more &lt;a href=&quot;/Energy&quot; title=&quot;Energy&quot;&gt;energy&lt;/a&gt; to produce more products * Oth...&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;
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'''Note:''' Not all obsolescence is planned. '''[[Code bloat]]''' causes all the same problems as planned obsolescence, even ''when'' not intentional.&lt;br /&gt;
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==Examples==&lt;br /&gt;
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==Effects==&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Exploitation]] of factory workers&lt;br /&gt;
* [[E-waste]] - electronic waste that pollutes oceans and land&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Climate change]], as factories need more [[energy]] to produce more products&lt;br /&gt;
* Other pollution, as factories disregard regulations in order to produce more&lt;br /&gt;
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==How to fight against planned obsolescence==&lt;br /&gt;
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==See also==&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Right to repair]]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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