Re:Bobcat DLC
by voakbasda on Saturday May 21, 2022 @10:40AM
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This kind of rent seeking is exactly why I bought a Sany excavator recently, rather than replace my old Bobcat with a newer model.
While the existence of an onboard computer bothers me, the rest of my new machine is made with relatively inexpensive and readily available parts. In contrast, US manufacturers usually use proprietary parts that cost far more than they should. Over the course of the lifetime of the machine, I expect to pay half the parts maintenance cost as compares with more US-centric machines.
Software features are not the only way that manufacturers have been extracting unjustifiable profit. Right to repair laws are the only way to rectify this situation, because I fully expect Sany to start heading in the same direction after they have further established themselves in the marketplace. In my experience, it seems that every corporation eventually turns to boiling their customers like frogs.
While the existence of an onboard computer bothers me, the rest of my new machine is made with relatively inexpensive and readily available parts. In contrast, US manufacturers usually use proprietary parts that cost far more than they should. Over the course of the lifetime of the machine, I expect to pay half the parts maintenance cost as compares with more US-centric machines.
Software features are not the only way that manufacturers have been extracting unjustifiable profit. Right to repair laws are the only way to rectify this situation, because I fully expect Sany to start heading in the same direction after they have further established themselves in the marketplace. In my experience, it seems that every corporation eventually turns to boiling their customers like frogs.