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Rockbox mail archiveSubject: Re: iRiver - good? open?Re: iRiver - good? open?
From: blaou <blaou_at_gmx.net>
Date: Thu, 2 Sep 2004 09:29:57 +1000 The industry never did that with walkmen or CD-Players - they usually broke down after 6-12 months (usually the time of guarantee) and still everyone bought a new one just because you needed one and had now choice. In fact, there's an economic term for it: built-in redundancy. They test and build things so they break down after a certain time - everything else would be silly!! They need to sell new stuff, that's how the whole economic system works - selling & buying, selling & buying. Every too good and longlasting a product kills a company on the long term. Now with 2 years guarantee in Europe it might get better, but I don't have hope.... On Wed, 01 Sep 2004 16:59:23 +0100 "Mat Holton" <mathew.holton_at_surface-inspection.com> wrote: > I find it slightly depressing that techy toys like mp3 players aren't > designed to last a life-time. It's obvious why the makers do this - if > they lasted forever, why would anyone buy another mp3 player? > > I think once features/size etc. become a standard, manafacturers will > start making mp3 players last longer. In fact it will probably > eventually become a selling point: "Buy our mp3 player - it's > unbreakable!" > > If my archos lasted forever I would be happy - just need a bigger > drive... > > mat _______________________________________________ http://cool.haxx.se/mailman/listinfo/rockbox Received on 2004-09-02 Page template was last modified "Tue Sep 7 00:00:02 2021" The Rockbox Crew -- Privacy Policy |