The reality of planned obsolescence is so deeply depressing to me. The environmental costs are obvious - the psychic costs may be less so but nonetheless harmful as we collectively partake in such depraved commercial strategy.
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HP print cartridges are meant to "expire" after a year. The printer will not use them and will return a cartridge error. So, people who don't print a lot are out of luck. So, planned obsolescence is there. Just try to repair a DVD player these days (or any other comsumer electronic).
Posted by: maxanon at April 10, 2007 11:32 AM
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