Planned obsolescence is:
A) producing quality products and selling them at unfair prices to rapidly increase profit.
B) deliberately creating products that cause pollution in order to cut manufacturing costs.
C) producing products that might cause harm to the consumers.
D) deliberately designing products to fail in order to shorten the time between consumer repurchases.

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Planned obsolescence is the practice of designing products with a limited lifespan, forcing consumers to replace them sooner than necessary. This generates more sales and profits for the manufacturers. This practice is common in the electronics industry, where companies release new versions of products frequently, making the previous versions outdated and less functional.

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