TIMES RECORD • May 3, 2022
The trend has been for items to have a projected maximum life span that grows ever shorter. The user is then required to either dispose of the item or pay an exorbitant amount to have it repaired by a specified dealer in that product. It comes down to the manufacturer making more money either way. This was especially so in the electronics and computer fields and got worse when manufacturers stopped using plug-in chips and components and started soldering everything on the circuit boards. Massachusetts is evidently the only state that actually has a right-to-repair law. The arguments against such a movement center around potential losses to companies that refurbish machines. For more information, a good place to start would be iFixit on the web. ~ Harry Hopcroft