Re:WD My Book users wake up to find their data deleted
by sokoloff on Friday June 25, 2021 @04:43AM
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Average age of a car in the US hit 12.1 years last year: https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/averag...
In the case of car service parts, there’s a burgeoning after-market network of suppliers. I can probably find 5+ parts from different suppliers for brake wear parts for even 25 year old cars sold in significant volume. As someone wrenching on very much not-new cars for the family (and occasional friend), I don’t think we need a legislative solution for car parts.
Re:WD My Book users wake up to find their data deleted
by rswail on Friday June 25, 2021 @05:37AM
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Except that there already is a legislated solution requiring manufacturers to supply parts for (depending on where) ~10 years, irrespective of warranty.
The fact that there is after-market suppliers is more that manufacturers haven't worked out how to stop that on purely mechanical parts.
They would much prefer to tie you to their own maintenance network and parts if they could.
Re:WD My Book users wake up to find their data deleted
by sokoloff on Friday June 25, 2021 @08:06AM
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I don’t think it’s a law in the US, though that’s the common knowledge/frequently repeated claim.
https://www.hemmings.com/stories/2020/08/03/ask-a-hemmings-e...
There's a good middle ground. Perhaps, like the 10 years for cars, it needs to be legislated. Perhaps this is what we consumers have decided to accept, that once the warranty runs out, that's it.