Comments by "Mikko Rantalainen" (@MikkoRantalainen) on "Planned obsolescence isn't real" video.

  1. I think that planned obsolescence as an intentional process is nonsense, too. Manufacturers just optimize to minimize their responsibility and if the device lasts the warranty period, it's no longer the responsibility of the manufacturer. Ask for warranty periods where it starts to make sense for the manufacturer to repair things to honor the warranty and things will get better automatically. If it's cheaper for the manufacturer to replace your whole device in case of warranty instead of repairing it, they will give zero effort to make the device easier to repair. This is result of most devices being good enough to last the warranty period so having the replace a single device in case of rare incident, it's cheaper overall to just give a full new device in case of even a minor failure. And as a bonus, most people actually like to have fully new device in case they hit any warranted failure. For example, Bose is known to give you full new device in original factory package in case of any error in their products. They can sell their products with extra premium because their customers can trust that in case of problems, they will get a totally new replacement no questions asked. Of course, that requires that the warranty is really strict about what's covered and what's not or everybody is going to receive new devices which would get too expensive for the manufacturer to continue. If you accept e.g. a smartphone that has one year warranty for the hardware and software support is EOL'd 18–24 months after the release, you're part of the problem! That said, the fact that manufacturers are allowed to hide the tools needed to do repairs is the biggest issue with right-to-repair. But it has nothing to do with planned obsolescence.
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