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Originally Posted by Steve Jordan
Anything that's considered to be "disposable" isn't that great. The last thing our ecosystem needs is more disposable products.
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Disposable may mostly refer to cost not durability. We already have many items that become obsolete in a year or two, making them essentially disposable even though they are higher priced items. Our computers become obsolete (i.e. disposable) in 3 - 5 years. So if there were a reader with a user replacable (disposable) screen that would cost only a few dollars and last even 6 months, that would (IMO) be great.
Just look at the several broken (i.e. disposed) screens we've heard about here that cost roughly $90 to replace. How many of them would have welcomed a $2, user replacable screen that would average lasting 6 - 12 months?