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A comment on EU to make it mandatory to use customer-replaceable batteries in household items. Parent comment

Re:EU to make it mandatory to use customer-replaceable batte... by pc86 on Wednesday March 16, 2022 @10:55AM (#30699582)
> Differences beyond 2x are still a clear indication that official replacement parts are a scam.

How are you not saying that they're making too much money and it's therefore "a clear indication" that it's a scam?

I'd love to be told why I'm wrong rather than just "hurr durr strawman"

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Re:EU to make it mandatory to use customer-replaceable batte... by goodpoint on Wednesday March 16, 2022 @11:07AM (#30699715)
Read my message again and read your reply again then.

Selling replacement parts with an unreasonable markup is a form of bait and switch: the customer buys the product thinking that it will have a given TCO over its lifetime. Only after some time the customer learns that the TCO is much higher when a replacement is needed.

You twisted my words by claiming that making a profit is not a scam.

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