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Re:EU brings in 'right to repair' rules for appliances by fock on Tuesday October 01, 2019 @04:01AM (#21123067)
ooh yeah. so the expected lifetime of my computer is ... 1 year. sorry that's ridicolous as assuming that a household appliance should live only 3 years? (I'm quite sure a lot of consumers are not prepared to buy everything anew every 3years, because it's so cheap)
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Re:EU brings in 'right to repair' rules for appliances by leni536 on Tuesday October 01, 2019 @05:32AM (#21123569)
I always assume that such a short warranty period is for catching manufacturing defects and shipping damage and not amortization from normal use. Essentially a 1 year warranty is not much better than a 1 month or a 1 week warranty for a laptop.
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Re:EU brings in 'right to repair' rules for appliances by Consultant32452 on Tuesday October 01, 2019 @04:41AM (#21123292)
A warranty isn't the same as a life expectancy, but it is a signal to consumers about life expectancy. As a general rule, a product with a longer warranty will have a longer life expectancy.
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Re:EU brings in 'right to repair' rules for appliances by adamlett on Tuesday October 01, 2019 @08:24AM (#21124527)
That's a very different and much weaker statement than the first one you made.
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