Over the past 5 years we can notice aggressive planned obsolescence applied across pretty much all products. From an all-sealed non-repairable designs to software limitations it's visible even to the non-technical users.<p>We can differentiate two product cycles. Premium products with no planned obsolescence - higher price, less frequent change of device. Mainstream products - designed to be replaced frequently, lower price.<p>Ideas<p>Initial price as low as mainstream. Users pay a fixed additional fee for each functioning year of the product thus reaching premium price if the product lasts longer.<p>A marketplace where only products with no planned obsolescence are sold based on the above model<p>Would you switch to such a purchasing model as a user?<p>Would you switch to such a production model as a company?
Nope. Sometimes a device just gets outmoded, or my needs change, or I might just get bored with it. I wouldn't want to have to keep paying for it regardless.