Originally Posted by phil alvirez

well, not to contradict you, but there are lots of articles written on planned obsolescence. for instance:
https://www.google.ca/search?hl=en&s...iz.3MbaJlB1eSw
even another goes as far as saying: Using software to program a product, like a printer, to fail after a set period of time or number of actions
and another: https://timeline.com/gm-invented-pla...e-cc19f207e842
more: https://auto.howstuffworks.com/under...ed-to-fail.htm