This is one of the most naive ways of looking at the business world I have come across for quite some time.
Next thing you will want us to believe that all the big companies are actually doing everything simply to benfit
us customers.
Is it not from the USA first came the saying : "There is a sucker born every minute " ??????
Wonder if you really ever had a true insight into how research and development works in an industry. I know you did not !!!
Your simplistic 3 step program as mentioned above only exists inside your mind.
Because your step 1 might already include ""planned obsolescence"" so no extra time is ever lost.