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Re:Europe Is Guaranteeing Citizens the Right to Repair by esyir on Wednesday January 13, 2021 @01:22AM (#25758859)
Think of it the other way round. Long warranties are indicative of a durable, long lasting product. A short warranty, however, does not necessarily indicate a crap product.

Of course this is not a perfect measure, but I do think that a correlation would exist here.

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Re:Europe Is Guaranteeing Citizens the Right to Repair by TeMPOraL on Wednesday January 13, 2021 @01:43AM (#25758983)
Or, they may also be indicative of the company making its money elsewhere, and thus willing to eat the cost of regular warranty replacement just to keep you tied to their hardware, so that they can exploit you elsewhere.
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