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Fantastic! I love seeing things like this. It's a shame so many of the products we use these days are so under-built. Having to throw things away a year after I
by aarongough 17y ago
Fantastic! I love seeing things like this. It's a shame so many of the products we use these days are so under-built. Having to throw things away a year after I buy them seems like a sin to me...
- andreyf 17y agoWhy? I don't use most things for 22 years, so I've found it rather convenient that laptops hard drives go after 5 years or so, since it's a good reason to buy a new one.
- yangyang 17y agoBut how much longer will it be economically viable to build stuff with an artificially limited lifespan?
- andreyf 17y agoIndefinitely, I hope... organisms have a limited lifespan. Why does my stuff need to last eternity?
- aarongough 17y agoBecause great design/construction has it's own value? I think Apple computers prove this pretty well. Building/owning something that has been constructed with great attention to detail is an absolute pleasure. As a quick example: There are many custom knifemakers worldwide making a living off of knive that they hand-make for up to several thousand dollars per piece. Owning one of their pieces is amazing because you can be absolutely confident that you'll have to try very hard to break it. Making something like this is a labor of love and is definitely it's own reward.
- windsurfer 17y agoI personally don't find it convenient when my things break.
- aarongough 17y agoBut imagine not having things break that way. All those laptops could be in use by someone less financially fortunate than yourself, or pressed into use as file-servers or whatever. I just think it's a waste of resources to design for failure. So much of what we use on a daily basis is destined for landfill in short order...