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[โ€“] ExcessShiv@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Which I guess is a nice way to avoid legislation...

[โ€“] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

Sure, but they wouldnt exist without that. Making micro batches of specialized hardware is not profitable at all. Offering a real warranty would immediately bankrupt them. If they sold more than a few thousand devices per model then i would care, but meanwhile big manufacturers get away with so much worse.