Enforced obsolescence
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A more [heavy-handed] version of [Planned Obsolescence] usually employed in the high-tech industry, especially software. Consumers of a product are forced to upgrade through some new technology rendering an old one [literally unusable], usually through unnecessary incompatibility issues.
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