Comment on Paralyzed Man Unable to Walk After Maker of His Powered Exoskeleton Tells Him It's Now Obsolete

• T00l_shed@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Well, for one, they support 60 year old devices.

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  • Liz@midwest.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Yeah, but your fridge doesn’t break every six years. I’m totally on team repair (FrameWork will be my next laptop when this one can’t go on any further, my shoes can be resoled, I just touched up my jacket, etc) but a 10x premium doesn’t exactly make sense, even when you factor in that repairability is unfortunately a niche feature these days.

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• interdimensionalmeme@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Sure but they use a 5$ door hinge instead of a 3$ one and that makes all the difference

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