pmcneil, nerd on Nostr: Fixed my mum's 3 year old toaster, she'd bought a new one. It's basically the same ...

Fixed my mum's 3 year old toaster, she'd bought a new one. It's basically the same model as my 20+ year old toaster, but flimsier, better looking and a more modern controller (glorified timer).

Thing is I think the old one is better. You can see in these pictures the old (white) one has much thicker metal toast guides. One of the issues with the new one was that these had bent and rubbed against the toast tray stoping it from popping up properly. Also the new one has skimped on slide bars, there is space for a third, but the just left it out to save money.

But having toasters that last decades and are easy to fix is not good for capitalism. This is the #enshittification of toasters.

#fixed #righttorepair #repair