Jeff Layman wrote:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-56340077

Will this make any practical difference? If an SMD integrated circuit
goes wrong in a TV, will making the SMD itself available make the TV
"more repairable"? How much will it cost? How much would the complete
circuit board with SMD already fitted cost? Isn't the latter what's done
at present? It seems to me the manufacturers will just charge what they
see fit for the replacement part, no doubt with an exorbitant P&P to
cover "administrative costs".


On the down side I think it might just put prices up and stifle innovation
but on the up side, it could lead to products designed around more
€œgeneric€� components rather than custom ones. This would reduce the cost
of providing a spares service.

Tim

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