Skylarking
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So to paraphrase, they no longer sell the spare parts. As a result you can no longer fix things yourself. It's done by the manufacturer to stream line their spare parts handling systems while reducing their handling costs. It's achieved by increasing the size of the replaceable object. End result is the customer pays more for the throw away rubbish now being produced Everybody does it as such behaviour has spread through manufacturers faster than a pandemicfor the most part it just comes down to convenience for the manufacturer/dealer just to replace the module instead of servicing it and it works out cheaper for the customer in the case of things like an alternator.
to pay someone to service the module with new bearings and brushes it would exceed the cost of replacing the module.
manufacturers do not want people repairing things because it is lost sales for them if that happens so the idea is to design things to be thrown away and replaced not serviced.
you see this type of design more in consumer electronics with mobile phones being the worst with companies like apple attempting to lock parts that commonly fail to the device preventing a repair which forces the consumer to replace the whole thing which generates another sale.
it is not just apple as they all do things like it.
it is sort of like the razor blade business model and how companies intentionally design things to generate money long term or generate more sales of replacement products regardless of the cost to the consumer.
We as a society are continuing to manufacture of throw away rubbish in volumes that simply isn't desirable In my view it's sad that the hypocrites of this world go on about saving the environment while accepting designed obsolescence as a necessity of modern manufacture