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by WorkerBee28474 615 days ago
> Given the mechanical complexity of such devices. Would it ever be profitable to continue producing parts for them?

For most repair parts, no. Especially not since need for such a device is anticorrelated with earnings. The article's complainant, being a disabled former jockey, probably make <40K in the years leading up to his accident and little to none in the years since.