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We have many industries of examples where this solved also by market forces as well Cars as an example, the key here is to allow the market to MAKE replacemen
by syshum 5y ago
We have many industries of examples where this solved also by market forces as well
Cars as an example, the key here is to allow the market to MAKE replacement parts, and compete to selling them. Stop vendor lock-in
If I want to buy replacement part for my car I often have a selection of 3-5 different vendors making the replacement in addition to the OEM.
You can not tell me that appliances, electronics, etc are that much different from cars that similar solutions can not be found. Especially given that most of these things are just off the shelf parts that the OEM combines into a product anyway
- ghaff 5y agoThere are many third-party appliance/electronics parts companies.
- eropple 5y agoYeah - and the problem here is that there are many parts. Getting a plastic wheel for my dishwasher's lower roller shelf is $12 from a third-party source (it's $16 from the manufacturer). It's like four grams of plastic. But the rarity of demand just doesn't make it make sense to keep in stock. (That sort of thing has me halfway convinced to buy a 3D printer. I just don't have anywhere to put it yet.)
- newaccount74 5y agoMake sure to check for generic wheels too! I think 90% of dishwashers have the same wheels but with different parts numbers.
- eropple 5y agoGood shout! The wheels are largely interchangeable but the wheel mounts on the basket aren't (and one of them popped free and melted on the heating element just this week!).
- syshum 5y agotrue, however the current trend is to lock down the parts and prevent companies from making replacement parts via the use of DRM, serialization, and other controls that have nothing to do with security, usability, or anything other than preventing repair Hell even Paper has DRM now, see the Latest Dymo label printers
- aetherspawn 5y agoHow do these parts get recertification ie how do we know the anti skid brakes still work after using third party wheel speed sensor on just one wheel? If the third party parts went through the same certification process, they would be more expensive than genuine parts.
- AdrianB1 5y agoIt is based on specifications and standards. In this case the original part has some specifications that aftermarket parts can meet.