We all need to set aside our differences and support right to repair
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So long as it's designed this way legitimately because it is cheaper and lasts longer, that is fine. It seems that too many companies are designing things intentionally to limit their repairability.
By who? And how is this different from all the decades in the past with the same issues? People have been working on their own cars that literally run via controlled explosions and this problem of DIYers doing dangerous repairs is minimal.
This is bullshit. An 80s Japanese car lasts forever and is easy to repair, but doesn't look like a Russian tank. It also has all the features I want, but I could see wanting some more modern features. But these modern features could easily be integrated into the existing design without making it look like a Russian tank.
The same goes for phones. Older smart phones were easy to repair and had the features we want, but didn't look like a Russian tank. Sure, they weren't as slim, but "Russian tank" is a bit of a hyperbole. I don't think anyone actually cares about how slim their phone is, especially when they're putting it in a bulky "drop proof" case anyway. It's just marketing that tells us we want that.
I highly disagree. The government does not require anything that cannot be made in a cheap, repairable, and still attractive looking manner.
The electronic complexity of cars hasn't gone up "70%" due to government regulation.
We managed to switch from carbs to EFI while still retaining a high degree of repairability. The electronic complexity of cars then went up infinitely (from nearly zero electronics to a computer controlling the engine), yet the cars were still very repairable. Sure, there were people complaining at the time, because it was new and there was a learning curve, but parts were available, and we mechanics/DIYers weren't arbitrarily locked out.
As time went on, that repairability waned, primarily due to artificial means.
Meanwhile, for the combine that just broke down for the hundredth time, my husband's boss must pay yet another $2k to have yet another young book-learned idiot come "fix" it. He can't figure out whats wrong, doesn't fix anything, but still gets paid.