In article ,
Fredxx wrote:
On 10/03/2021 11:25, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
On 10/03/2021 09:20, Tim Lamb wrote:
In message , Jeff Layman
writes
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".

Playing a green card without cost to the Govt?

Planned obsolescence has been a factor in maintaining employment for
so long, I can't quite spot where this is going.

It all stems from socialism.

Basically we can make a lot of material wealth. With remarkably few
people The problem is how to distribute it. Consumerism creates jobs
and allows the private sector to distribute the wealth instead of the
government being involved.

manufacture, supply, distribution sales, and marketing - all massive
job creation schemes that would be totally unnecessary without
obsolescence.

What 'right to repair' does is shift a very few of these jobs to
repairmen.

You seem to forget the issues regarding landfill, CO2 generation from
making new and not repairing old. It's our throw away society and you
are misguided to associate this with socialism.

Remember Turnip is an ardent Trump supporter. So uses socialism as an
insult. With not a clue as to what it actually is.

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