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| Martin Brown to Carlos E.R. |
| Re: Miraculous button makes things work |
| 27 Jan 25 10:35:56 |
XPost: sci.electronics.design, alt.home.repair From: '''newspam'''@nonad.co.uk On 27/01/2025 01:02, Carlos E.R. wrote: > On 2025-01-26 18:02, micky wrote: >> Why do they have this button if they're going to keep it >> secret? > > To charge for the repair. Yes, I have seen this before, in some > expensive machine. They told us in training about the secret reset button. Or the cunningly hidden additional thermal cutout or fuse. It is what "repair cafes" are for - to mend things that are in fact perfectly OK but have been disabled by designed in obsolescence. -- Martin Brown --- SoupGate-DOS v1.05 * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2) |
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