I'm curious where your rigid definition of the term "planned obsolescence" originates. The Wikipedia page, for example, presents a few alternative takes. "Sys

I'm curious where your rigid definition of the term "planned obsolescence" originates. The Wikipedia page, for example, presents a few alternative takes. "Systemic obsolescence" seems to fit, if you consider the ecosystem as the system. But there's no real sense in quibbling over the precise definition. What would you term the arbitrary and capricious decision to not support a new feature on a perfectly capable platform? What if I were releasing a succession of new laptops, and I said to my employees, "As we release new software that runs on these laptops, we'll actively, needlessly disable new software features on laptop models over 5 years old"? Since technology and software moves on, it seems to me like that's planning which makes a product obsolete.