Planned obsolescence, a word for things made to break easily, be expensive to fix, or fast go out of style, affects many products today. Companies purposefully decrease the lifespan of their products in order to attract customers back earlier than necessary and generate more revenue. Planned obsolescence raises a number of problems, many of which are ethical and environmental in nature given that many of these things end up in the trash. Let's look at some goods you might not even be aware of that are on the market that are intended to fail.