<p>&quot;Lemonization&quot; <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Market_for_Lemons" rel="nofollow noreferrer">I guess</a>. I didn't <a href="https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-642-34266-0_4" rel="nofollow noreferrer">exactly</a> make up that term with that meaning, but I suspect you won't see it often.</p>

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I had not seen lemonize as a verb before. I think in my setting the goal is not to make the market unravel, but maybe this is as close as I can get without coining my own jargon.
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<p>Is there a general term in economics for the intentional reduction in quality to reduce deviation to the worst alternative in price discrimination? Like &quot;crippleware,&quot; but applicable in non-software settings?</p>

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Name for the intentional reduction in quality in a non-software, price discrimination setting
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# Name for the intentional reduction in quality in a non-software, price discrimination setting

(Asked by: username_0 on 2021-01-29)

Is there a general term in economics for the intentional reduction in quality to reduce deviation to the worst alternative in price discrimination? Like "crippleware," but applicable in non-software settings?

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### Answer by username_1 on 2021-02-01. Score: 2

"Lemonization" [I guess](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Market_for_Lemons). I didn't [exactly](https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-642-34266-0_4) make up that term with that meaning, but I suspect you won't see it often.

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: I had not seen lemonize as a verb before. I think in my setting the goal is not to make the market unravel, but maybe this is as close as I can get without coining my own jargon.  

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