alt Hacker NewsYeah, this is entirely a function of labor costs. If you want your stuff repaired, ship it to a low-labor cost economy or hire someone to whom it’s worth the time.
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carlosjobim • yesterday at 9:06 PM
To add to that; labour should be expensive. And lower repairability of consumer goods is a side effect that is worth dealing with for that benefit.
Just to take one step further, labor costs are largely a function of local real estate costs.