Comment by 1shooner
19 hours ago
In this interpretation, repair requires more labor than recreating the entire product, and 'parts' somehow doesn't represent any labor.
19 hours ago
In this interpretation, repair requires more labor than recreating the entire product, and 'parts' somehow doesn't represent any labor.
> repair requires more labor than recreating the entire product
It requires specialized and local labor. For products you can ship back to the assembly line, this can sometimes work. If you need a local technician, on the other hand, because the assembly line is in China or the product is heavy, yeah, it very well may be that there is no niche where repairs aren’t a material fraction of a new product.