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Arthur van der Harg

@ShadowJonathan That spare parts requirement is a bit daft. First of all: important parts, which are those? Secondly: if you are *required* to supply spare parts to any repair shop within ten days, that is no problem if the device is still manufactured. But to meet that obligation after you stop selling the phone, you need spare stock, enough to meet *projected* demand for seven years. (1/2)

26 April at 11:58 | Wall-to-wall | Open on mastodon.nl
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Arthur van der Harg

Two problems: an unforeseen problem that pops up after four or five years may deplete your spares. And ten days is not enough to restart a production line. On the other hand, if you overproduce spares to be on the safe side, then you are being wasteful when they don’t get used.

I’m not against requiring spares to be available for more than a short time, but this should have been thought through a bit more. (2/2)

26 April at 11:58 | Open on mastodon.nl
Anatra

@ArtHarg
then maybe it makes more sense for manufacturers to have common parts across models, and standardize more? Doesn't sound bad. There is no reason to have gazillion sizes of batteries and screens/digitizers. And that alone covers the vast majority of repairs. Also a well engineered device would simply last longer and require less repairs on average.
This mostly damages manufacturers of phones designed to be short-lived 👌

26 April at 12:23 | Open on queer.party
Brokar

@ArtHarg So, where's the problem?
That's exactly what car manufacturers have to do, although not for 5 or 7 but for 20 years. Worldwide.
And this all wouldn't have been necessary if they didn't try to fuck everyone in the first place by monopolizing repairs.

26 April at 13:10 | Open on mastodon.social
FrugalGamer

@ArtHarg @ShadowJonathan Easy: just standardize your important parts and then you can supply the same ones for all models, currently manufactured or not.

26 April at 14:51 | Open on snug.moe
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