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FelixCress@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

Not necessarily. Less parts, less complex mechanisms = lower probability of something breaking down.

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FireRetardant@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Also there was a time where companies actually cared. They would send the engineers for the next model out with service techs servicing current models to help them find the common failure points and help make things more servicable.

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- UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  
  Also there was a time where companies actually cared.
  
  :-/
  
  Planned Obselence was pioneered nearly a century ago. You might have individual service reps or salesman with a soul. But no company has ever carried about more than profits.
  
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  - Prunebutt@slrpnk.net ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    Longevity was supposedly a goal for manufacturers in the GDR.
    
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    UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    
    in the GDR
    
    Yes, but that’s Evil Communism. Didn’t you see the movie “The Dryers of Others”?
    
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