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PLANNED OBSOLESCENCE
SO YOU CAN AVOID BEING A 'VICTIM' OF PLANNED OBSOLESCENCE
They started as a small factory in 2007 in the Netherlands. Now, the 'Repair Café' can be found all over Europe. One more gesture in the fight against planned obsolescence, which is increasingly endangering the environment.
You buy a cell phone. You realize that nothing is wrong with it at first. At the moment everything is perfect, but time goes by and problems start to occur. The device starts to fail and you wonder if it was really worth buying. What lies behind this is a phenomenon that is unseen, but known to many: planned obsolescence.