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Re:It's your device, you should be able to repair it by reaperducer on Friday April 30, 2021 @01:44PM (#26996744)
What would prevent a competitor simply copying the whole product and offering a cheaper price

Whatever it was that kept this from happening from the advent of electronics up to the invention of the smartphone.

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Re:It's your device, you should be able to repair it by thaumasiotes on Friday April 30, 2021 @02:17PM (#26997218)
This isn't a totally unreasonable position to take, but in some cases "whatever it was that kept this from happening before" really is nothing more than "nobody had thought of it yet".
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