"whisky-dave" wrote in message
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On Wednesday, 10 March 2021 at 13:55:50 UTC, Fredxx wrote:
On 10/03/2021 13:49, whisky-dave wrote:
On Wednesday, 10 March 2021 at 13:44:40 UTC, Fredxx wrote:
On 10/03/2021 12:50, Adrian Caspersz wrote:
On 10/03/2021 12:39, mechanic wrote:
On Wed, 10 Mar 2021 09:43:47 +0000, Adrian Caspersz wrote:

On 10/03/2021 08:49, Jeff Layman wrote:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-56340077

Will this make any practical difference?

Hopefully.

Apple needs to change its ways.

Making their batteries user replaceable would be a start.

Making all parts third party replaceable as well.

Apple is now locking part compatibility in software, you need to be
an
authorized Apple Tech to make major part changes to a device.
Perhaps the tax regime should be different for manufacturers like
apple,
where a super VAT band is introduced for ones not conforming.

There is no point in forcing Apple to conform, where the alternative
is
that they, or perhaps their users, pay handsomely for the privilege.

Not very practical. Of course you could apply this to things lioke car
types that
are dumped, you have to get the old ones repaied new tyres have a 100%
VAT put on them.
Are you suggesting a manufacturer would make their tyres irreparable? I
don't get your point?

How often could you take a tyre to be repaired rather than replaced.

Most of the time with a puncture. None of the time when the tread is gone.

I don't know.

Nothing new there.

Why do people buy new tyres ?

Because retreads are useless now and some
damage means its not practical to repair.

Practicalities of custom and practice, and
of course safety will always feature.

It also depends on the product I guess.
I doubt many would want a mobile
phone the size of the 1980s models.

I have a 12 year old washing machine it sort of works but
can take 12 hours to do a cycle, but sometimes just the
usual time, they don;t make spare parts for it anymore.

Thats when you get the part you need from a scrapped one.

My fridge freezer is 10 years old and not very efficint electricity wise.
I doubyt it's worth replacing the motor

The problem isnt the motor.

and the rubber door seals and sanding down
the rusting edges of the door and redoing

That is if your time is free.

and then theirs the broken egg tray.

Usually quite easy to fix if you still have the pieces.