“Why are people still playing with Tamagotchis?” asks CNN.
The answer: #ArtificialDemand.
@neotoy List of related #TEch #vocabulary
Artificial demand – Creation of economic demand by deliberately influencing consumers
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_demand
Dark pattern – Deceptive user interface designs
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_pattern
Design Life – Time the creator plans a product to last
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Design_life
Defective by Design – Anti-DRM initiative
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defective_by_Design
@neotoy The #commercial world also *knows this* as #ink makers and #printer #manufacturers to #lure people or find ways to reduce #longevity of #machines #selling #cheap directly or indirectly - it's rather a planned and increasingly "clever" by design "eco-system"...
#Artificialdemand
#DefectivebyDesign
#DarkPattern
#DesignLife
#DefectivebyDesign
#EchoChamber
#Enshittification
#Freemium
#PlannedObsolescence
#RightToRepair – Legal right and movement
#SoftwareBloat
“Why are people still playing with Tamagotchis?” asks CNN.
The answer: #ArtificialDemand.