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I would love for more things like this. We do have this for phones at least with their teardowns. However appliances aren't so "hot". Might be more difficult to

I would love for more things like this. We do have this for phones at least with their teardowns. However appliances aren't so "hot". Might be more difficult to make a business out of it, particularly because "information wants to be free". That makes being a primary producer of information risky, and if it's not something that brings frequent eyeballs on it, then it might not go so well. As Appliances are something we only want to deal with no more often than once a year, the eyeballs won't come, and you have to deal with people absconding with your information and making it free. Edit: and yes, this is the same issue that journalists face. This wouldn't be much different from journalism. The function of journalism is supposed to be the independent watchers, for example, in government so that we can keep them honest. Same sort of deal.

spectramax 7y ago
What do you think about a paid service like this? I would gladly pay $20 a year for a membership to get access to detailed tear downs, unbiased reviews and objective analysis (with proper metrology, standards, etc.) iFixit execs - if you're reading, please look into this - you guys already have a phenomenal business and expanding into all sorts of goods and services would be amazing. Instead of repairability rating, we need a Doug score (Youtube fame) for consumer goods and services or even better - measurement results, comparisons, etc.
- Arbalest 7y ago
  Yeah I did consider a paid service, but that's when I was thinking about the information wants to be free issue. Unless you've got a good legal team, what do you do? I was still trying to think of a way around it, perhaps you could get people interested enough if you market it well? I imagine you'd need complementary info segments to go with it.
Lucadg 7y ago
Patreon with early access may be the way to go. You pay a small monthly fee and get access to videos before others. Also, you get to vote on what to review first.
pnutjam 7y ago
There are also more sku's for appliances, every store has a different "model".

spectramax 7y ago

What do you think about a paid service like this? I would gladly pay $20 a year for a membership to get access to detailed tear downs, unbiased reviews and objective analysis (with proper metrology, standards, etc.) iFixit execs - if you're reading, please look into this - you guys already have a phenomenal business and expanding into all sorts of goods and services would be amazing. Instead of repairability rating, we need a Doug score (Youtube fame) for consumer goods and services or even better - measurement results, comparisons, etc.

Arbalest 7y ago
Yeah I did consider a paid service, but that's when I was thinking about the information wants to be free issue. Unless you've got a good legal team, what do you do? I was still trying to think of a way around it, perhaps you could get people interested enough if you market it well? I imagine you'd need complementary info segments to go with it.

Lucadg 7y ago

Patreon with early access may be the way to go. You pay a small monthly fee and get access to videos before others. Also, you get to vote on what to review first.

pnutjam 7y ago

There are also more sku's for appliances, every store has a different "model".