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Re:India's repair culture gives new life to dead laptops by srean on Tuesday April 08, 2025 @06:03AM (#43619964)
New laptops, phones also last a lot less (borked storage, borked motherboard), forcing us to buy another - which I think is the point.

We have one refrigerator that's still going strong after 50 years whereas one of our 'newer' air-conditioners had to be replaced after 6 years.

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Re:India's repair culture gives new life to dead laptops by catlikesshrimp on Tuesday April 08, 2025 @06:31AM (#43620119)
>> We have one refrigerator that's still going strong after 50 years

In that particular case, it might not meet energy efficiency standards anymore.

But I agree appliances breaking the day after the warranty expires is evil. Depending on the country, warranty may be meaningless, or close to that

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