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Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
pjf@cloudisland.nz ("Paul Fenwick") wrote:
Today I fixed a television out of spite.
One of the most common faults with modern TVs is a backlight failing. These are cheap to replace, and the tools to test them are cheap to obtain.
But the effort to get to the backlights? Oh my!
A TV that was made to be repaired would have a separate pane for backlights you could slide out, or some other access mechanism.
But today's consumer TVs require you to disassemble practically everything to get to the backlights. That means getting to them is a huge investment in time (for self-repair) or money (if you go to a repair shop and pay for labour). TV companies know that most people will just buy a whole new TV.
So today I fixed the TV out of spite. Not because it was rewarding, or for environmental or financial concerns (although all of these are valid). I fixed it because the company that made it did not want it to be easily fixed.