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Bike Manufacturers Are Making Bikes Less Repairable

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207 points LorenDB | 1 comments | 14 Oct 24 19:27 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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m463 ◴[14 Oct 24 20:29 UTC] No.41841608[source]▶
ever think the government should (externally) tax non-repairable stuff?

Sort of like gas-guzzler taxes?

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idunnoman1222 ◴[14 Oct 24 20:54 UTC] No.41841880[source]▶
Who decides if it’s repairable?
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m463 ◴[14 Oct 24 21:01 UTC] No.41841949[source]▶
Even a small start would be useful, like "user-replacable battery".

not bike related, but say airpods would fail, 12v car battery would pass.

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idunnoman1222 ◴[14 Oct 24 21:50 UTC] No.41842382[source]▶
Does that mean a removable battery because who is to say that your bikes brand of batteries is going to be available for purchase tomorrow?
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m463 ◴[14 Oct 24 22:04 UTC] No.41842537[source]▶
open standard battery > standard battery > removable proprietary battery > glued-in phone battery > whatever airpods do
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1. idunnoman1222 ◴[16 Oct 24 15:12 UTC] No.41860025[source]▶
I guess I don’t need to say that you need to define all those things and also the person who decides is you apparently. convenient