Sentences with phrase «on planned obsolescence»

He continues by hinting that Essential won't have a product schedule premised on planned obsolescence that forces customers to update their device every year.

Thinking there might be a chuckle in the video I watched it and found a very well done and informative documentary on planned obsolescence that has direct application to discussions here on how to reduce fossil carbon pollution.

I understand technology is ever changing and companies rely on planned obsolescence, but if I'm throwing down that kind of cash for a tablet I want it to be «the best» for more than a couple months.

It's built on planned obsolescence, each new title having the average shelf - life of about six months.

Not exact matches

The fact is that we have whole industries employing the most advanced scientific and psychological skills to promote institutionalized deceit, not only the advertising and public relations industry, but manufacturers who rely on deceptive packaging and planned obsolescence, and the drug companies who promote drugs before they know what the side effects may be.

For those of you actually following the Amiibo «craze» (because why wouldn't you love having your child like love for a bunch of corporate icons exploited through planned scarcity and iterative obsolescence) you might have seen that an exclusive Palutena Amiibo was set to go on sale on Amazon's web site this evening at 2 pm, Read more about This is Just Fucking Ridiculous -LSB-...]

GLENN O'BRIEN — Was that when the concept of planned obsolescence was introduced, to spur on production?

«The Jubilant Martyrs of Obsolescence and Ruin» will go on view as part of a permanent collection reinstallation planned for 2018.

Daniel Horowitz: Planned Obsolescence is on view at the Department of Signs and Symbols (54 Hudson Avenue, Vinegar Hill, Brooklyn) through April 12.

Inside, visitors will find Planned Obsolescence, the inaugural exhibition curated by Khorasheh and Herget — who studied together at the Sotheby's Institute of Art — featuring Horowitz's most recent works on paper and canvas, as well as his pieces from a year - long project to create one drawing a day for 365 consecutive days.

Fascinated by the residual, her work focuses on the cultural production of waste, planned obsolescence, and the potential ontological ramifications of a consumption - based society.

I agree with you about the planned obsolescence (though I suspect, based on pure hunch, that it isn't always entirely planned these days, but is sometimes emergent from «the way we do things.»)

But with the rise of cheaply mass - produced plastics, increased levels of consumerism, and planned obsolescence in many products, our modern culture now creates waste on an unsustainable scale.

However, you could theoretically sue Apple on the grounds of planned obsolescence, if such behavior is incriminated in Moldavia.

This naturally raised concerns about potential «planned obsolescence» on Apple's part, a process by which a company intentionally degrades the performance of an older product to push users to purchase newer models.

But while Echoes will likely continue to see for some time, thanks in part to regular refreshes of the line, Amazon is working on its own planned obsolescence.

Sen. John Thune, R - S.D., chairman of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, last month sent a letter to Apple CEO Tim Cook with specific questions as to whether the company was pursuing «planned obsolescence» by intentionally slowing down older iPhone models to encourage demand for the newer phones.

Planned obsolescence in an Apple product isn't a new suggestion, but Apple's confirmation that it slows down older iPhones (in a feature that was introduced last year, and is present on devices as recent as the iPhone 7) has raised a lot of concerns.

Apple had originally throttled the phones as part of a solution to degraded batteries leading to iOS crashes, but their lack of transparency on the issue enraged many customers (and encouraged speculation that Apple was artificially kneecapping the phones as part of a planned obsolescence strategy).

At this point, the company is under investigation in several countries for alleged planned obsolescence, and is sent to court as part of a growing number of class - action lawsuits claiming it slowed down iPhones on purpose without users» consent.