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> Nobody wants their products to be unreliable or difficult to repair. Hard to believe when a printer manufacturer moves a commonly failing part from cartridge
by alpaca128 4y ago
> Nobody wants their products to be unreliable or difficult to repair.
Hard to believe when a printer manufacturer moves a commonly failing part from cartridges to the printer itself, then makes it impossible to repair that specific part without taking apart the whole thing and buying a replacement part for 160 bucks.
> Also data collection is helpful for seeing how customers use products, which genuinely does influence development.
I'll start calling it helpful once it actually improves product quality and usability.
- bornfreddy 4y agoThey didn't say it improves the product though, just that it influences development. The incentives of producers are not aligned with consumers' wishes.