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by sokoloff 894 days ago
I think of them as throwaway. Get a good install, run them until a mechanical part fails, then replace with new.

It’s not how it “should be”, but that’s how the economics have shaken out. Paying a tech windshield time and working time (probably twice) and finding/waiting on the proprietary parts is a losing game. If it works 30 days, it’s probably going to work 8-12 years.