{"id":991,"date":"2012-04-16T05:58:00","date_gmt":"2012-04-16T05:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pachamamitaecu-org-720647.hostingersite.com\/2012\/04\/16\/sop-sin-obsolescencia-programada\/"},"modified":"2023-03-01T15:27:26","modified_gmt":"2023-03-01T15:27:26","slug":"sop-sin-obsolescencia-programada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pachamamitaecu.org\/en\/2012\/04\/16\/sop-without-planned-obsolescence\/","title":{"rendered":"SOP Without Planned Obsolescence"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The concept of planned obsolescence emerged between 1920 and 1930 with the intention of creating a new market model, that of manufacturing products that have a short shelf life in a premeditated manner, thus forcing consumers to buy new products quickly and without any real need. <\/div>\n
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Its objective was (and is) immediate economic profit, without any regard for the care and respect for the environment or for human beings, polluting and overexploiting the natural resources of our planet. <\/div>\n
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SOP, No Planned Obsolescence, is a new way of thinking, of doing things. Of creating a new system in which products are designed and made to last forever and that does not force us to spend unnecessarily and to be more respectful of our planet. <\/div>\n
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SOP is a philosophy, an illusion, an ambition.<\/div>\n
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What is PLANNED OBSOLESCENCE? <\/div>\n
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Planned obsolescence is the programming of the end of the useful life of a product so that it becomes old, non-functional, useless or unusable after a life time calculated in advance by the manufacturer during its design phase.<\/div>\n
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To understand the full context under which this concept is handled, we recommend the documentary \u201cCon fecha de caducci\u00f3nd\u201d directed by Cosima Dannoritzer and co-produced by Televisi\u00f3n Espa\u00f1ola.<\/div>\n
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The product will fail at some point, forcing the consumer to buy another one to replace it and start the cycle again. In other words, the current economic and production system does not fit into harmony or balance.<\/div>\n
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Buying in an accelerated and artificial manner <\/div>\n
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However, for the industry, planned obsolescence stimulates demand in a positive way, by encouraging consumers to buy new products quickly and without any real need. What would consumers think if they discovered that the manufacturer had invested a large amount of money in betraying the concepts of durability and quality of the product, contrary to what they claim? The fact is that the use of planned obsolescence is not always easy to determine.<\/div>\n
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It is complicated by factors such as:<\/div>\n
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