Aliexpress tends to have stuff like this. There’s a particular switch in the joysticks of valve index controllers that wears out pretty easily. Once the warranty is over you can either buy a new controller for 150 bucks, or buy the switch for a literal dollar from China and cannibalize the tiny pieces that wear out.
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KingGordon@lemmy.world 1 month ago
This is because the company doesnt make anything anymore. They buy the machines whole from china. No parts are available unless you are a factory worker in china and have sticky fingers.
I hate it but thats why.
SkyezOpen@lemmy.world 1 month ago
jordanlund@lemmy.world 1 month ago
That and there’s no supply chain for parts, just the machines. They don’t want to pay to warehouse parts that may or may not be used.
barneypiccolo@lemm.ee 1 month ago
And who is going to do the repairs? If there were a network of official repair dealerships, they could have some confidence that the stored parts would eventually be used, but nobody gets anything repaired anymore, and even fewer are willing to try it themselves. So realistically, how many are they actually going to sell?