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"In the future, repairability is likely to become even more of an issue, says Kyle Wiens, iFixit's chief executive. Not only do firms want customers to use auth

"In the future, repairability is likely to become even more of an issue, says Kyle Wiens, iFixit's chief executive. Not only do firms want customers to use authorised dealers, but a growing number of products are also no longer stand-alone devices, but rather delivery vehicles for services that generate additional revenues." Gee, I wonder who started that trend?

snuxoll 9y ago
Hey, you think this is bad - look at enterprise networking gear. Cisco and Juniper try to convince people it's illegal to use "grey market" (resold) equipment because the software license is "non-transferrable", so even if you "own" the hardware you don't have a license for the software attached to it. Of course, this flies in the face of the first-sale doctrine and established case law, but they don't care. Just wait, somebody is going to try it with consumer devices sooner or later.
- hydrogen18 9y ago
  So MegaCorp A buys a huge amount of Cisco gear to modern their internal networks in all their infrastructure. Two years later OmniCorp B enters into a deal to add them to their portfolio for whatever price they agreed upon. OmniCorp B now owns the physical Cisco gear but doesn't have a license to use it?
  - convolvatron 9y ago
    how big of a customer is OmniCorp?
    - hydrogen18 9y ago
      Someone on the scale of Atlas Copco https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlas_Copco https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlas_Copco
mastax 9y ago
Gillette? Having started to use a safety razor recently, I'm starting to think that the impetus for moving to cartridge razors was just to make the refills harder to interchange and less of a commodity.
- vanderZwan 9y ago
  The interesting bit for me is that safety razors are nearly impossible to find in normal shops probably because they would be less profitable for the shops too.
  - snuxoll 9y ago
    Sell a pack of 5 cartridges that last MAYBE a week each (pushing it, you suck it up because they’re so expensive even though they’ve already lost their edge after a single use) for $5-10, or a box of 500 blades that you can change for every shave for over a year for $5. Yeah, retailers love this garbage
    - Digit-Al 9y ago
      A week? What are you shaving with them? Yaks? :-) My cartridge razors last at least two months before I need to change them. Do you clean and dry your blades after use?
- KozmoNau7 9y ago
  I said "fuck it" and bought a $30 corded trimmer, 5 years ago. It's still perfectly sharp enough to take of my beard and hair, it just needs a drop of oil once in a while. Since male-pattern hair loss runs heavy in my family anyway, I decided to just buzzcut myself once a week on the lowest setting. For the limited shaving I do (sometimes my head, but usually just the edges of my beard), safety razors are so much better than cartridges. They're cheaper, they last longer and it's so much easier to do accurate beard edges.
- yourapostasy 9y ago
  Along similar lines, if you get isopropyl alcohol (I use 90% grade, but 70% may also work), after using your razor, dry it off, and spray your razor with the alcohol, the alcohol displaces any remaining water and sanitizes at the same time. It makes the razor last longer. Works on electric razors, too.

snuxoll 9y ago

Hey, you think this is bad - look at enterprise networking gear. Cisco and Juniper try to convince people it's illegal to use "grey market" (resold) equipment because the software license is "non-transferrable", so even if you "own" the hardware you don't have a license for the software attached to it. Of course, this flies in the face of the first-sale doctrine and established case law, but they don't care. Just wait, somebody is going to try it with consumer devices sooner or later.

hydrogen18 9y ago
So MegaCorp A buys a huge amount of Cisco gear to modern their internal networks in all their infrastructure. Two years later OmniCorp B enters into a deal to add them to their portfolio for whatever price they agreed upon. OmniCorp B now owns the physical Cisco gear but doesn't have a license to use it?
- convolvatron 9y ago
  how big of a customer is OmniCorp?
  - hydrogen18 9y ago
    Someone on the scale of Atlas Copco https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlas_Copco https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlas_Copco

mastax 9y ago

Gillette? Having started to use a safety razor recently, I'm starting to think that the impetus for moving to cartridge razors was just to make the refills harder to interchange and less of a commodity.

vanderZwan 9y ago
The interesting bit for me is that safety razors are nearly impossible to find in normal shops probably because they would be less profitable for the shops too.
- snuxoll 9y ago
  Sell a pack of 5 cartridges that last MAYBE a week each (pushing it, you suck it up because they’re so expensive even though they’ve already lost their edge after a single use) for $5-10, or a box of 500 blades that you can change for every shave for over a year for $5. Yeah, retailers love this garbage
  - Digit-Al 9y ago
    A week? What are you shaving with them? Yaks? :-) My cartridge razors last at least two months before I need to change them. Do you clean and dry your blades after use?
KozmoNau7 9y ago
I said "fuck it" and bought a $30 corded trimmer, 5 years ago. It's still perfectly sharp enough to take of my beard and hair, it just needs a drop of oil once in a while. Since male-pattern hair loss runs heavy in my family anyway, I decided to just buzzcut myself once a week on the lowest setting. For the limited shaving I do (sometimes my head, but usually just the edges of my beard), safety razors are so much better than cartridges. They're cheaper, they last longer and it's so much easier to do accurate beard edges.
yourapostasy 9y ago
Along similar lines, if you get isopropyl alcohol (I use 90% grade, but 70% may also work), after using your razor, dry it off, and spray your razor with the alcohol, the alcohol displaces any remaining water and sanitizes at the same time. It makes the razor last longer. Works on electric razors, too.