[Boatanchors] Why modern gadgets vacuum your wallet when they break

[Rob Atkinson]

My takeaway from reading that article is:  Buy simple old stuff.
Most mechanical machines don't need software to do what they're
supposed to do.

Used appliance stores are where it's at.

Rob
K5UJ

On Wed, Nov 1, 2017 at 7:37 AM, David Stinson <arc5 at ix.netcom.com> wrote:
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rob Atkinson
> Subject: [Boatanchors] Why modern gadgets vacuum
> your wallet when they break
>
> Your inability to troubleshoot and repair modern
> gadgets is intentional:
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>
> It's a shameful crime a intentionally send the
> resources
> and Rare Earth elements it takes to build these
> things
> into the dump.  We of The West thoughtlessly
> expend scarce
> resources and then throw them in the dump while
> the rest of
> the world must do without.  The Hunger Games was a
> metaphor
> and a warning about this.
>