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> When companies deliberately build products in unrepairable ways then repair labor costs more than automated production. They don’t. They optimize for product
by cbmuser 6y ago
> When companies deliberately build products in unrepairable ways then repair labor costs more than automated production.
They don’t. They optimize for production costs, not repairability, that’s all.
And glueing 100,000 iPhones together is faster and cheaper than screwing them together.
- zug_zug 6y ago> They don’t. "With consumer electronics becoming increasingly more complex, many electronics manufacturers have instituted systems whereby the only means to repair a device or obtain repair parts would be through one of their authorized vendors or original equipment manufacturers (OEM). " [1] 1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronics_right_to_repair https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronics_right_to_repair