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> The manufacturer can and will make the device more and more difficult to tear apart The company built the thing. There are tools, parts, and instructions tha
by rangibaby 9y ago
> The manufacturer can and will make the device more and more difficult to tear apart
The company built the thing. There are tools, parts, and instructions that tell someone how to put it together. There are also tools, parts, and instructions that tell someone how to take it apart.
It may require special tools and parts, but for any mass-market item it won't be difficult with the right tools and the knowledge of how to do it.
The reason for this is that the company will lose more money by making it difficult to repair for themselves than they will ever lose to a DIY repairman.
My solution for DIY repairs:
- Official, real service manual made available. If you allow the company to provide a "monkey" version they certainly will.
- All neccesary parts and tools available at cost, or the cost of their generic equivalent in case of things like proprietary screwdrivers etc.
- Pica_soO 9y agoThere are also tools, parts, and instructions that tell someone how to take it apart. >Do not try to repair a faulty device. Replace it with a new one in which you transfer the customers data. The device is filled with epoxy glue- disassembly equals destruction.
- rangibaby 9y agoand what device is expensive enough for me to want to fix instead of buying a new one, but cheap enough for the manufacturer to just throw out?
- michaelt 9y agoImagine BMW can make electronic engine control units for $10 each, and the spare part market will bear them charging $500 for them, so they do charge that much. When I repair it saves me $500 but when the manufacturer repairs it only saves them $10.
- roblabla 9y agoLook at the surface pro 1. Fully unrepairable.
- PeterisP 9y agoWhat do you mean by "cheap enough for the manufacturer to just throw out"? The manufacturer generally has no need to fix the devices after the warranty period, they're not necessarily in the repair business. If the devices are designed not to be fixable and need to be replaced then you throw it out and buy a new one from them, earning them more profit than the repair would have. If their warranty defect rate is low enough, they have no need to be able to repair them themselves.