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Comment by medstrom

5 years ago

>It's a good feeling knowing you can repair that hunk of metal on your wrist, with interest, and a fair amount of study.

That... goes for everything, software included. But watches being something of a Veblen good [1], wouldn't availability of parts just make consumers realize that actually this $700 watch is practically no different from that $70 watch? They wouldn't want to sell parts for that reason, I think.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veblen_good