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Re:An Effort To Bury A Throwaway Culture One Repair At A Time by namdnay on Wednesday May 09, 2012 @07:40AM (#3948056)
> The leftover parts could be identified by crowdsourced databases as nonimportant

In a low-margin business such as home appliances, I'm willing to bet every single part's cost/benefit ratio is carefully examined by experts before being added.

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Re:An Effort To Bury A Throwaway Culture One Repair At A Time by corin_ on Wednesday May 09, 2012 @11:01AM (#3948863)
There's always going to be some parts that are just the difference between good and better (or perhaps bad and less bad) rather than working and non-working. For example in an iron that can spray water there could be a piece that breaks up the water into a wider spray rather than a solid squirt.
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