Buying Quote by Walt Mossberg

It's not accidental that products get worse over time; it's because companies stop paying attention to them. They stop caring as much about maintaining…

— Aaron Levie

In an age of multiple and massive innovations, obsolescence becomes the major obsession.

— Marshall McLuhan

I think people tend to be worried about every new technology that comes along.

— Mark Zuckerberg

Our whole economy is based on planned obsolescence...we make good products, we induce people to buy them, and then the next year we deliberately…

— Brooks Stevens

As the technology matures, it becomes less and less relevant. The technology is taken for granted. Now, new customers enter the marketplace, customers who…

— Donald A. Norman

It drives me crazy to throw something out. I find planned obsolescence revolting.

— Jonathan Miles

If a product's future is unlikely to be remarkable - if you can't imagine a future in which people are once again fascinated by…

— Seth Godin

“If you know a product’s life cycle, you can time your strategic decisions. A product is at the end of its life cycle when…

— Victor Cheng

If you're afraid of failure or getting it wrong, you'll never truly innovate or disrupt the market.

— Gillian Tans

Part of our brand is that we're pretty understated in what we do. If you look at other technology companies, they might preannounce things,…

— Larry Page

I don't think people buy technology products because of the personalities of the people behind them.

— Jim Balsillie

Every new industry has exuberance in advance of reality. The techies get carried away. There is a period of despair. Then the pendulum swings…

— Steve Jurvetson