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If the incentive is to design for failure after the warranty expiry, isn't warranty length a good proxy for quality?
by klipt 2y ago
If the incentive is to design for failure after the warranty expiry, isn't warranty length a good proxy for quality?
- worewood 2y agoNo, because the amount of people that actually follow through the warranty vs. just buying a new lamp is so small, that even with a bad product it's worth the cost of covering them.
- mikepurvis 2y agoYeah, the only real way to fix this proactively is mandatory labeling and that requires a lot of regulatory oversight to see through. Which isn’t necessarily bad of course, but it requires political willpower to put in place. Otherwise you’re just dealing with organizations like consumer reports trying to do their own analysis and lift the curtain, but that’s not nearly as effective as a nutrition facts style label mandated to be right on the box.
- kevinventullo 2y agoWouldn’t this also upwardly shift the economically optimal warranty period for high quality products?