Post #3143621
2026-05-22 01:30 UTC
@jannem@fosstodon.org @gabriel@fedi.gvisoc.com @odr_k4tana@infosec.exchange @Gargron@mastodon.social Cars and home appliances that can't be repaired is a horrendous idea.
It means if even one component has an issue, the whole thing needs to be replaced.
It means you might need to replace the whole thing at the manufacturer's whim.
It means you need to pay them an economic rent to use the thing you have already purchased off them.
That's great for corporations. For customers? Not so much.
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@jannem@fosstodon.org 2026-05-22 02:23
@aj@gts.sadauskas.id.au @gabriel@fedi.gvisoc.com @odr_k4tana@infosec.exchange @Gargron@mastodon.social I fully agree everything should be repairable. And recyclable and repurposable if at all possible. But I also believe I should not have to care about it personally if I don't want to. I want any local repair person to be able to repair my car, or fridge, or washing machine. I don't want to have to know how to do it myself, and I want the design to need as little in the way of hands-on fixing as possible. For a lot of people that list includes computers.