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[โ€“] WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world 17 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

Why not increase the warranty period for all products? The norm is 1-2 years. That should be at least 5 years, minimum.

It's much harder to plan obsolescence on longer timescales.

[โ€“] taladar@sh.itjust.works 6 points 3 weeks ago

Maybe some sort of scheme where manufacturers have to publish the reasons for limitations in expected lifetimes to be verified independently (by some organization like the German TรผV) and the warranty is based on that? So if you can't prove that there is a good reason for a washing machine to break (excluding some bits that need to be replaced according to maintenance schedule maybe) before it gets 20 years old the warranty should be 20 years.