Manufacturers are not penalised for their technical choices.
Making a thinner system seems like a great innovation but society at large pays for that product being non-repairable.
If you want corporations to have free reign on being able to innovate, there has to be some counter-incentive to force them to find innovative solutions around lengthning the life of of the product and its ability to be repaired and recycled.
As it stands today, bad press is the only incentive and its effect is easily mitigated by marketing and lobbying.
It needs to hurt. Innovation is born out of a need to improve. Making manufacturers responsible for their decisions is a way to balance their incentives.
If you want corporations to have free reign on being able to innovate, there has to be some counter-incentive to force them to find innovative solutions around lengthning the life of of the product and its ability to be repaired and recycled.
As it stands today, bad press is the only incentive and its effect is easily mitigated by marketing and lobbying.
It needs to hurt. Innovation is born out of a need to improve. Making manufacturers responsible for their decisions is a way to balance their incentives.