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I don't agree that governments should force warranties on anything. You might think it's going to fix it, but it's just going to create an unexpected consequen

by brc 14y ago

I don't agree that governments should force warranties on anything. You might think it's going to fix it, but it's just going to create an unexpected consequence somewhere else, like a feeble progress of innovation, risk averse manufacturers or probably something like an oligopoly of a handful of manufacturers who have the financial resources to run such long warranties. We wouldn't have an iPhone 4S if Apple was still spending time and money repairing Gen 1 iPods. It's not a broken economic system. Forcing people to keep things for longer won't make anyone better off.

gurkendoktor 14y ago
> We wouldn't have an iPhone 4S if Apple was still spending time and money repairing Gen 1 iPods. You are right that this makes the transition harder. If there was a rental model, Apple would just replace and recycle Gen 1 iPods. > It's not a broken economic system. We can disagree about Apple, but Planned Obsolescence is a fact for some products and I can't see how it is not broken, unless you leave natural resources completely out of the picture. (Then our current model is awesome.)