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Comment on Too many products are easier to throw away than fix—consumers deserve a 'right to repair'

Da_Boom@iusearchlinux.fyi ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

This is the main problem. Make more parts, less full devices. And we also will throw less out.

We need to be more efficient with what we make across every industry, do that and we may be able to save this world.

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Flambo@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

We need to be more efficient with what we make

We need to make stuff with the goal of not having to make any more of it at some point. Currently we have an economy that gives no shits about what is made so long as it sells more this quarter than last.

Either we need a magical wave of enlightenment to change the priorities of those who control the means of production, or we need to change the structure of our economy and its incentives to make “build to last” a winning strategy.

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- CorrodedCranium@leminal.space ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  I’m hoping there’s a large wave of consumer “hacks” for aging devices like people retrofitting old Thinkpads with new batteries and motherboards.
  
  I feel like it could be a push in the right direction for manufacturers
  
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SCB@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

We need to be more efficient with what we make across every industry

The current situation is the result of seeking efficiencies in a market in which consumers demanded that they did not want to fix things.

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