january 11, 2017

Mara Jos Gonzlez 7

Designed for the dump

Have ever happened to you that you cellphone stop
working or start having fails but you dont know why? The problem
have a simple name, planned obsolescence. The last term refers to
when a product is designed to last a specific time but it
usually last more than the time a consumer expect to last
so when it starts to fail, consumer thinks it is necessary to
change the product for a new one; updated. As I mentioned
before, short life span of the product is the lifetime the
designers give to a product. Two conditions are vital for
planned obsolescence to work out: 1. The consumer thinks
that the product that is going to buy has the value
expected. 2. Consumer trust plenty in the company to the one he is
going to change the failing machine.
You may be wondering what happens to the components of your
device when you get rid off it and also you may think that this parts
are no longer used, but that statement is wrong. Components such
as headphones and computers are useful for other devices, the
problem is that manufacturers work daily to change the parts that
permit the headphones and computers compatible to others so the
product get an appearance of obsolete. USBS, connectors and jack
plugs are no longer compatible to the update manufacturer create
but as the manufacturer responsibility, he crates this components
and others capable of being recycled and reused so the continuous
changing of devices don't affect too much the environment.
Also his responsibility is to create constantly updates and to
be sure that a device start failing after the lifetime expected
from the consumer.