The new trend was also a great example of planned obsolescence, that is, to design a product so that it will soon become unfashionable or impossible to use and will need replacing.

这种新趋势也是一个关于计划性淘汰的好例子，即设计一个很快就不流行或无法使用随后需要替换的产品。

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Every Apple product has obsolescence built in, and if I lose my laptop's power cord, they charge me $80 for a new one.

苹果公司的每一款产品采用“过时”的内置设计，如果我的电源线丢了，另换一根就得向他们支付80美元。

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Krupp (1992) addressed the concern of product obsolescence in the remanufacturing environment.

克虏伯(1992)讨论了在再制造的环境下对废旧产品的关注问题。

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Ford and other auto companies wanted to be able to prove that their infotainment systems could keep up with the consumer-electronics industry and a pace of product introduction and obsolescence that is many times faster than the glacial pace in the car business.

FORBES: Ford Is Cut Up By Cutting Edge Of Car-Infotainment Technology