EU Prepares "Right to Repair" Legislation to Fight Short Product Lifespans

Re:EU Prepares "Right to Repair" Legislation to Fight Short ... by wyager on Monday July 10, 2017 @06:27AM (#14734715)

You do realize that the disc world books aren't actually economics research papers, yes?

Perhaps this is the level of economic background I should expect from internet commenters.

The quoted theory might be relevant if I were using my e.g. USB drives to exhaustion (and sometimes I do, and I buy the nice SSD drives), but sometimes I only need to use them once or twice, and buying a high-quality drive would be a waste.

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Re:EU Prepares "Right to Repair" Legislation to Fight Short ... by mason240 on Monday July 10, 2017 @12:23PM (#14737341)

>You do realize that the disc world books aren't actually economics research papers, yes?

Based on your downvotes, it seems that people on HN think that fiction can prove economic theory.

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Re:EU Prepares "Right to Repair" Legislation to Fight Short ... by soundwave106 on Monday July 10, 2017 @12:36PM (#14737465)

I personally consider Terry Pratchett's quote as a rather elegant way of explaining one aspect of a "poverty trap", a concept which is well known in economics.

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