&quot;actual obsolescence&quot;  The iPad?  Really?  I&#x27;m typing this on a netbook that cost 280 dollars five years ago.  Everything sill works.  It does all the same jobs it did years ago.  There is absolutely no reason a device as expensive as an iPad shouldn&#x27;t work for a decade or more.<p>PO can include external factors. Does apple continue to manufacture spare parts?  If no, have they released the designs so that others can produce them?  If not, then this is a case of PO even if the devices themselves have not been built to fail.