I think bitcoin may solve this problem as well as a deflationary currency hopefully discourages wasting resources. However I am not sure it will work as I think it will. I have not thought it trough.
Companies that engineer their products to fail eventually fail themselves. Just take a look at the U.S. auto industry.
Anyway, this has nothing to do with bitcoin.
Anyway, this has nothing to do with bitcoin.
Tell that to apple, or the socks industry, battery manufacturers, printer manufacturers, etc.
Did you know printers for businesses are several times more expensive than the exact same model for home use? And the only difference being the model for business either lacks the 'death chip' or has a modified version of it? It's really true, printer manufactures actually design their printers to just lock up after several hundreds of pages printed.
