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Re:Why Doesn't US Make 2 Year Warranty on Products Mandatory... by basedfahayek on Friday November 17, 2017 @06:17PM (#15726798)
Freedom in principle is important in the US. Why can’t I sell a shoddy product? Why can’t I buy a shoddy product?
Re:Why Doesn't US Make 2 Year Warranty on Products Mandatory... by unholiness on Monday November 20, 2017 @08:22PM (#15744838)
Markets with imperfect information are less efficient. If everyone knew which products were shit, then yeah, warrantees do take away freedom. But by providing a floor on product quality, consumers are freed from needing to do a large amount of research to determine which products will last (research, which, might I add, is still imperfect. Even the best products have defects protected by warrantees).

Also, warrantees force companies to bear the full cost of their negative externalities. In lots of markets, companies will come out ahead by not fixing or replacing your product (brand damage < actual damage), so those businesses are motivated directly into misleading consumers into buying worse products. Sounds obvious, but clearly that's not good for a society in the long run.

Re:Why Doesn't US Make 2 Year Warranty on Products Mandatory... by csurya on Saturday November 18, 2017 @01:29PM (#15730049)
looks like there is a dark side to the word freedom.
Re:Why Doesn't US Make 2 Year Warranty on Products Mandatory... by basedfahayek on Sunday November 19, 2017 @04:54PM (#15736163)
How do you mean?
Re:Why Doesn't US Make 2 Year Warranty on Products Mandatory... by csurya on Monday November 20, 2017 @02:58PM (#15742713)
freedom to do bad things.