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Making the company responsible for the entire lifetime of a product also makes them effectively own the product. Your idea sounds a lot like renting from the pr
by forgotoldacc 2y ago
Making the company responsible for the entire lifetime of a product also makes them effectively own the product. Your idea sounds a lot like renting from the producer.
- HappMacDonald 2y agoSaid responsibility can remain the choice of the consumer: producer must accept repair/replacement if consumer brings it back to them, but consumer is not forced to bring it back to them if anything goes wrong. Consumer may also choose to self-repair, sell, etc. Perhaps consumer must bring it back to dispose of it though, as nobody benefits from hucking it directly into a landfill. The other difference between "renting" from the producer is that the producer isn't collecting any rent, only initial purchase.. and that producer cannot claim the item back whenever they please.
- sadeshmukh 2y agoSo renting, but with only the negative parts for the company