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I'm willing to bet manufacturers actually went and did market research, and found out the opposite. As if there was a market demand, they would have build and

• no_wizard 10y ago
  Thats always the assumption isn't it? That they already did the research and found no demand for x. I think if I have learned anything from Silicon Valley though its this: Never assume that these assumptions are categorically true, or that they were undertaken with due diligence. Perhaps it is true, and there is not enough interest in this to justify it happening. What if, though, they didn't do the market research properly? Or steadfastly, it actually didn't happen at all?
• orless 10y ago
  I don't believe this. In Germany, "built-in" home apliances are standard for a modern kitchen. Replacing a built-in refrigerator if it failed would probably cost around 400-600€ (only replacement costs, not talking about the price of the refrigerator).