For some things AliExpress can hardly be beat, and when a small cheap part bought there repairs a much more complex appliance here, it can, counter-intuitively,

For some things AliExpress can hardly be beat, and when a small cheap part bought there repairs a much more complex appliance here, it can, counter-intuitively, even be the most sustainable thing to do. It does take some getting used to the platform. > […] including domestically. That's the key thing to understand. This isn't about dumping e-waste on foreigners specifically, it's just capitalism at its most unregulated and the same crap you can buy from AliExpress the Chinese can buy too on Taobao.