Yup - things that used to be screwed together are now riveted or glued and you have to break them further in order to fix them. Sometimes we get lucky, though. I have a plastic hose reel that was leaking like a sieve. Would have cost around $35 to replace. Fortunately, it was made to be disassembled and when I removed the crank I found 2 worn o-rings that I was able to replace for a total of 50 cents. It's a good feeling.
Yup - things that used to be screwed together are now riveted or glued and you have to break them further in order to fix them. Sometimes we get lucky, though. I have a plastic hose reel that was leaking like a sieve. Would have cost around $35 to replace. Fortunately, it was made to be disassembled and when I removed the crank I found 2 worn o-rings that I was able to replace for a total of 50 cents. It's a good feeling.
We will run out of resources if we replace everything. Putting a time limit on products puts a time limit on us.