• Archangel1313@lemmy.ca
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    3 hours ago

    Over time, maintenance costs on machines tend to increase. They all have a practical limit on profitability, before that cost exceeds their contributive value. Then they need to be replaced.

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      31 minutes ago

      And if the machines are the ones building new parts, that, like many other things, goes out the window. They can even recycle and refurbish parts