Shoutout to the guy who fixed my 1990s boombox at the swap meet

Honestly, he was just using a basic multimeter and a soldering iron from a tackle box. It made me miss when you could fix stuff with simple tools instead of needing a $2000 hot air station and software. Anyone else feel like the skill floor for repair keeps getting higher?

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mia70026d ago

Ugh, this hits on something else that bugs me. It's not just the tools, it's that companies hide the repair info now. For that boombox, you could find a paper manual or just see how it worked. Now everything's sealed shut and the guides are locked behind paywalls. They make it hard on purpose so you buy new instead. That lost knowledge is the worst part for me.

paul_taylor2126d ago

My dad used to fix our old VCR with just a screwdriver and the manual. Now my coffee maker died and the company wanted 50 bucks just for the service manual. It feels like they're selling us the problem and the solution.

bennett.evan26d agoMost Upvoted

Eh, I don't know... it's annoying for sure, but is it some big lost knowledge crisis? Most stuff that breaks now is just cheap circuit boards anyway, not like the old mechanical parts you could actually fix. The info is out there if you look hard enough, people post tear-down videos for everything.