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Date: Sat, 5 Oct 2024 10:25:51 -0000 (UTC)
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On 2024-10-04, rbowman <bowman@montana.com> wrote:
> On Fri, 4 Oct 2024 13:11:26 -0000 (UTC), RonB wrote:
>
>> On 2024-10-03, rbowman <bowman@montana.com> wrote:
>>> On Thu, 3 Oct 2024 10:07:10 -0400, CrudeSausage wrote:
>>>
>>>> Being able to repair is great. I am bothered by the fact that
>>>> companies think we're too stupid to fix our own units and solder the
>>>> stuff to protect the technology from ourselves.
>>>
>>> Sockets cost money.
>> 
>> But when you're selling a high-end Dell XPS for $2400.00 (for example)
>> I'm guessing the few extra dollars for sockets (if they cost that much)
>> wouldn't make that big of a difference.
>
> I don't remember the scenario and don't think it was 'Unsafe At Any Speed' 
> but there was something where auto fatalities were caused by the omission 
> of a $1.50 part because it would have cost too much. 
>
> As I expanded in another post it's not only the cost of the socket but the 
> impact on the entire work flow. 

I'm still not convinced that's the real reason they do it. I think it has 
more to do with price gouging (when you buy an upgraded version with a 
bigger SSD or more RAM) and built-in obsolescence (so you'll buy a new 
computer more often). 

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“Evil is not able to create anything new, it can only distort and destroy 
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