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Originally Posted by JSH
How your parents owned cars has never been the normal way. Most people would never rebuild an engine or transmission. Sure there are some people with that knowledge but most people don't have it and have no interest in learning it.
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Reflecting further on this, I think this is being seen across a wide range of things. The world is becoming complex to the point where individuals can't really interact with that complexity. I still assemble computers, because I got into computers during a time where they were configurable and repairable, and there was money to be saved by doing so. Anymore, desktops are ancient and nobody wants them, and internal components are soldered and non-upgradable. Phones are glued together which makes them waterproof, but you destroy them if you try to take them apart to replace a battery. Appliances are basically the same.
There are a lot of good reasons this is becoming the case. Products require less maintenance, the packaging is better, they're cheaper, more efficient, and more capable. For the average consumer's perspective there are essentially no downsides. Maybe I need to find new hobbies.