> Given the mechanical complexity of such devices. Would it ever be profitable to continue producing parts for them? For most repair parts, no. Especially not

> Given the mechanical complexity of such devices. Would it ever be profitable to continue producing parts for them? For most repair parts, no. Especially not since need for such a device is anticorrelated with earnings. The article's complainant, being a disabled former jockey, probably make <40K in the years leading up to his accident and little to none in the years since.