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> The title of the article seems... misleading. The content too… > (...) what they are doing is forcing manufacturers to disclose to customer they planned lif
by bigbugbag 12y ago
> The title of the article seems... misleading.
The content too…
> (...) what they are doing is forcing manufacturers to disclose to customer they planned lifespan of a product.
This part was removed from the law mid-february by the senate as reported by numerama[1] on feb 17th.
What the law says is that deliberately limiting a product expected life during the design process is punishable by law with a maximum sentence of 2 years if prison and 300k € fine. Everybody understands that this is mostly for show as it is hardly enforceable.
[1]: http://www.numerama.com/magazine/32252-le-delit-d-obsolescence-programmee-adopte-au-senat.html http://www.numerama.com/magazine/32252-le-delit-d-obsolescen...
- Natsu 12y agoI think perhaps they should instead mandate something like showing price per year of manufacturer's warranty. Then the manufacturers would have to compete on one front or the other.
- Iv 12y agoThat's actually an excellent first step. It makes it clear that such a practice is not just cynical marketing but actually fraud. It will clear things a bit for people who ask designs that break after a set time. It will allow engineers and designers to refuse such tasks as illegal.