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... And reduces corporations profits. They want to sell you the same product cyclically, not once in your lifetime. Corporations don't give a f*ck about saving
by galfarragem 8y ago
... And reduces corporations profits. They want to sell you the same product cyclically, not once in your lifetime. Corporations don't give a f*ck about saving resources, reducing waste or providing jobs to repair technicians unless it hurts them economically or they take a cut somewhere in the process. That's the 'bad part' of capitalism.
Anyway I agree with you. It's a pity that open source hardware is still in the infancy. Software shows us that open source can be unbeatable and even corporations have to comply if they want to survive.
- mc32 8y agoWhy can’t they run the repair shops? Alternatively they can run things like the old ATT and lease better built but more expensive items?
- jstarfish 8y agoThey do run the repair shops. They charge exorbitant rates for service.
- galfarragem 8y agoAs a last resort they can - if the market forces them to - but I suspect that is less profitable than selling new stuff cyclically.
- tonyedgecombe 8y agoEven if they did care they couldn't do much about it because they would lose out to the competition that doesn't care. The only way we are going to get beyond this is to make sure they have to pay for their externalities.