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Yeah but I don’t think it’s reasonable for replacement parts to cost nearly as much as a new device unless those parts do make up a substantial of the manufact
by kayodelycaon 3y ago
Yeah but I don’t think it’s reasonable for replacement parts to cost nearly as much as a new device unless those parts do make up a substantial of the manufacture cost.
Making repair more expensive than buying new defeats the purpose of repair.
- Dalewyn 3y agoThe purpose of repair is to reduce waste and guarantee a consumer's right to do with his things as he pleases. Saving some money by repairing is certainly nice, but that is a side effect and not the primary objective.
- kayodelycaon 3y agoI think my point was having the repair being more expensive than new would defeat the goal of reducing waste.
- Dalewyn 3y agoWhat? Why would an expensive repair "defeat the goal" of reducing waste? I am repairing it, there is no waste produced.
- trealira 3y agoIt can also just be for preservation purposes. A lot of old game consoles are dying, and so are CRT televisions (which just aren't manufactured anymore). Enthusiasts would want both of these to be repairable so that old games can be played forever (but AFAIK, only CRTs are actually repairable). The supply of both of them are shrinking, so only repairability would help their longevity. I guess that also ties into how long the guarantee of repairability should last. Nothing lasts forever; at some point, the parts to make the technology may stop being manufactured and sold.
- kayodelycaon 3y agoI guess I made the assumption that preservation wouldn't be a viable use case given the parts may longer be available shortly after a device stopped being manufactured.