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> That should be written on a poster that is put on each desk of each employee of each car/washing machine/fridge/television manufacturer. And consumer. Very f
by jampekka 2y ago
> That should be written on a poster that is put on each desk of each employee of each car/washing machine/fridge/television manufacturer.
And consumer. Very few people would use 50 year old devices even if they were/are perfectly functional.
- dano 2y agoMy sunbeam automatic toaster is working just fine thank you very much. :-)
- pilchard123 2y agoAlec? Is that you?
- ajdude 2y agoI found one in a thrift store and I was so excited until I realized that they wanted $150 for it... even local thrift stores know what they have now
- HKH2 2y agoPlenty of people buy secondhand equipment. Manufacturers want to stop that; spare parts are hard to get or needlessly expensive, and manuals are woefully incomplete or nonexistent.
- Arnt 2y agoI've contracted for someone whose customers thought so. (My job involved making stuff work with without an important part from a defunct vendor.) Their costs really did increase all the time. Not needlessly, despite what some people thought: their cost per spare part really did grow quite a lot, as the number needed per year decreased and the fixed overhead slowly increased.
- The-Old-Hacker 2y agoSpeaking as a writer, I would use an IBM Model M keyboard in a heartbeat. Made in 1985, so 40 years old.
- yial 2y agoI have a few of those, I love them. They just work perfectly.