• AllPintsNorth@lemm.ee
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    18 hours ago

    Think you answered your own question there.

    Mandated warranty periods. Pretty straight forward.

    And they currently engineer product to have things fail right after their warranty expires, so, that’s not really a concern, since we’re already living with the that.

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      14 hours ago

      And they currently engineer product to have things fail right after their warranty expires, so, that’s not really a concern, since we’re already living with the that.

      Which is exactly my point of why mandated warranty period does not really fix the core of the problem, which is intentionally making products not last. It’s just a bandaid solution (Yes I know a solution is still better than nothing, and may be the first step to address this issue). What I want to see is prolonging the life of a product by letting consumers freely fix their own stuff (parts, schematics, etc.) without the manufacturer locking things down, even after the warranty expires.

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        12 hours ago

        Let’s not let the perfect be the enemy of the good.

        Mandated warranty minimums and right to repair regulations are not mutually exclusive. We can do both, even if we don’t do them at the same time.