Path: ...!feeds.phibee-telecom.net!3.eu.feeder.erje.net!feeder.erje.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: RonB Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy Subject: Re: Does Dimdows Know What Time It Is? Date: Sat, 5 Oct 2024 10:25:51 -0000 (UTC) Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 31 Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Sat, 05 Oct 2024 12:25:52 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="ac4eda4fb8eea78b5ff2bb2cb344e687"; logging-data="771498"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/KnAHbx1m5j0Fiy3y68C8G" User-Agent: slrn/1.0.3 (Linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:WnKhuDl/dhfCzd2eBnuUjFQZRFY= Bytes: 2805 On 2024-10-04, rbowman wrote: > On Fri, 4 Oct 2024 13:11:26 -0000 (UTC), RonB wrote: > >> On 2024-10-03, rbowman 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). -- “Evil is not able to create anything new, it can only distort and destroy what has been invented or made by the forces of good.” —J.R.R. Tolkien