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I should rephrase. From my experience in consumer electronics, the vast majority of instances of consumers stopping using a device are not from unknown failure
by nrp 7y ago
I should rephrase. From my experience in consumer electronics, the vast majority of instances of consumers stopping using a device are not from unknown failures. They are from visible failures (including reduced battery life), software/content incompatibility or obsolescence, or the consumer just generally losing interest in the device. I should caveat though that this is in PC and mobile categories. It’s plausible that things like appliances don’t fall into those failure or obsolescence modes and could be facing unknown failures that are solder related.
- robomartin 7y agoYeah, it's hard to quantify in any meaningful way. That's why I said I am not in a position to confirm or challenge what you said and all I know is that, for the most part, we can't really make scientifically supportable statement about the consumer world (by this I mean with actual published data from an authoritative source). We are blind.