built in obsolescence

基本解释

The wheels of industry must be kept turning. 'Built-in obsolescence' provides the means: goods are made to be discarded.
工業的巨輪必須不停頓地運轉。“過時制造”就是解決這一問題的方法：商品制造出來就是爲了被廢棄。
Every Apple (AAPL) product has obsolescence built in, and if I lose my laptop's power cord, they charge me $80 for a new one.
蘋果公司的每一款産品都採用了“過時的”內置設計，如果我的電源線丟了，另換一根就得曏他們支付80美元。
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Boyce's reframing of these design 'icons' speculates that Modernism itself also contained built-in obsolescence from the start.
博伊斯對這些設計“符號”的重搆暗喻著現代主義本身從最初開始就包含內在性陳舊。
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So far, consumers have been reluctant to embrace digital imaging, mainly because of operational complexity, built-in obsolescence and low image quality.
FORBES: Kodak's digital crisis