That would make the husk of the company truly worthless, and I’m not sure private equity will allow that.
manxu@piefed.social 1 month ago
It would be easy enough to force vendors to make the URL the device connects to, configurable and to publish the API the device is using. Two minuscule changes that can prolong the life of devices by decades.
lemming741@lemmy.world 1 month ago
dust_accelerator@discuss.tchncs.de 1 month ago
To be fair, many roombas have a mini DIN connector somewhere, which opens up the possibility for external control - what I plan to do when mine stops working due to server shutdown. However, getting replacement parts will get more and more tricky as time goes by.
I just had to through out a mostly functional airfryer because the drawer rail disintegrated and the replacement part is no longer manufactured. The oldest one I could get was a “new” version with more plastic and a slightly bigger size, so it didn’t fit by about 5%.
It really should be illegal, there is no logical reason for 500 slightly different models and inoperability of basic functions (drawers, APIs, …) aside from malignant greed and planet destruction.
Passerby6497@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Gods, I fucking hate this so much. I’ve got a ninja blender that the lid seal is broken, and the lid alone is like 50-70% of the cost of a whole new unit. It’s ridiculous how impossible it is to find replacement parts for simple things anymore.
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 1 month ago
This is why I have a 3D printer. I make all kinds of seals, gaskets, o-rings, usually better than original.
johnyreeferseed@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month ago
Do you use a special filament for that?
Passerby6497@lemmy.world 1 month ago
How do you 3d print a rubber gasket?