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In a sense, the second category can include a reliable repair or mitigation process.

Examnples like service from the shop and a maintenance contract on a dryer are great examples of people mistaking convenience of it being fixed with reliability, which is your main point But in many cases if something can reliably be fixed by the owner in an acceptable amount of time, that is a form of reliability.

I’m in the same boat. I’m a principal engineer for a critical platform at a major retailer. I would LOVE to just have a communication device in my pocket but I’m required to have access to work comms and 2FA apps. I’ve considered using a pre-paid line with a burner for just those and carrying two phones… but that’s such a hassle.

This is like saying programmers are so terrible that you have to think ahead of them and document your code/project so devs don’t make mistakes and anyone who thinks README files are a good thing are coping.