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Honestly, most products are becoming so integrated, and so delicate, that "repair" means "replace the one expensive bit." Couple that with every lighter, ever
by jwatte 10y ago
Honestly, most products are becoming so integrated, and so delicate, that "repair" means "replace the one expensive bit."
Couple that with every lighter, ever thinner, ever flimsier, glue based laminated construction, needed to hit market size and weight requirements, and you get absolutely no economic sense in designing for, or supporting, repair.
In a sense, it's our growing skill at mass fabrication, and the growing cost of skilled human knowledge workers, that is driving this "not economically repairable" phenomenon.
Do we really want heavier, clunkier, more expensive things, that can be repaired? The planet may approve, but the Wall Mart shopper sure doesn't!
- XorNot 10y agoI'll settle for a user replaceable battery.
- TeMPOraL 10y agoWall Mart shoppers are reactive, they buy what they're told to buy. The funny thing about mass fabrication is, that it can make pretty much anything equally well. It's disconnected from the actual "meaning" of the product being manufactured. So if someone were to design a phone that's fully user-serviceable, with all components replaceable and swappable for third-party products, Chinese factories would not care. They'd make it just as easily as they make iPhones now. I'm pretty sure people would buy such a phone if a big enough company decided to do that and put their marketing department to work. General population buys what it is told to buy.
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