Forced Bundling and Planned Obsolescence

Published 2020-03

A decade ago, companies that sold printers made tweaks to their technology to prevent generic ink cartridges from being used.

Verdict

persistedThe same trend is listed again within the publisher's next two editions (D33).

A trend is graded on whether the publisher keeps it, never as a hit or a miss (D6, D33).

rank: 300
section: Home Automation
subject: Forced Bundling and Planned Obsolescence
page: 266
confidence: medium
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