Re:AirPods Pro case converted from Lightning to USB-C with o...
by zwily on Friday February 10, 2023 @06:42AM
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First you criticize that units will fill landfills, then you suggest they make 2 units for every 1 purchased?
Re:AirPods Pro case converted from Lightning to USB-C with o...
by mschuster91 on Friday February 10, 2023 @07:22AM
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Alternatively, you can design your units to be easily repairable so you can stockpile spare parts, and do proper testing to reduce the amount of products that fail in the first place.
The problem is that virtually anonymous sellers and dropshippers on Alibaba and Amazon can and will undercut the pricing that is required to support that kind of infrastructure and development - and I'm not sure what the correct way is to prevent that, while still allowing start-ups and small shops to sell stuff in the EU.
Re:AirPods Pro case converted from Lightning to USB-C with o...
by rtpg on Friday February 10, 2023 @07:08PM
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I was being glib, offering it as a way out of the supposedly unsolvable problem. The real thing is to calibrate based on return rates etc, and of course if your devices can _just be fixed_ that’s great.
Re:AirPods Pro case converted from Lightning to USB-C with o...
by ajsnigrutin on Friday February 10, 2023 @07:30AM
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> 2 years is of course a very long time
How is 2 years a very long time for an electronic device? Most larger electronics (washing machines, dishwashers, fridges,...) have a 5 year warranty by default here, also many cars do.
I dunno, "2 year warranty kills our business model" sounds a lot like "we are selling gadgets to go directly to a landfill".
I imagine the bigger thing is on a macro level there's just less free money floating around in Europe to fund things with terrible unit economics. 2 years is of course a very long time, but you combine that with how many people would actually take advantage of that and... well, the defect rate, and I feel like you can make that work.
EDIT: And to be even more glib, if your thing costs 20 euros to make, make 1 for the "warranty stockpile" for every 1 that goes out to customers. Warranty claim? Send out from the warranty stockpile.