GolfFoxtrotLima@sh.itjust.works to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoNot your imagination: from backpacks to food, consumer goods are getting worsewww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square71linkfedilinkarrow-up1508arrow-down16file-textcross-posted to: news@lemmy.world
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minus-squarenilloc@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·2 days agoRemember when it was called planned obsolescence? Pepperidge farm does.
minus-squareBenLeMan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 days agoBut it’s more than that. Planned obsolescence is only a part of the problem.
minus-squaremecen@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down8·2 days agoEnshittification refers to internet sites, services
minus-squareFlyingCircus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·2 days agoWhy can’t it also refer to physical goods and services that deteriorate due to profit-seeking?
Remember when it was called planned obsolescence? Pepperidge farm does.
But it’s more than that. Planned obsolescence is only a part of the problem.
Enshittification refers to internet sites, services
Why can’t it also refer to physical goods and services that deteriorate due to profit-seeking?
It can and it does.