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		gchamonlive on March 15, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why is it hard to buy things that work well? Companies also actively make their products obscure or withhold replacement parts to force new purchases. This has a lot to do with right to repair.

mbg721 on March 15, 2022 [–]

They can only get away with it because they know most of their customers wouldn't do their own repairs anyway. In 1950, they'd say "Screw you then, I'll make the part in my garage."

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