alt Hacker NewsGiven the mechanical complexity of such devices. Would it ever be profitable to continue producing parts for them?
Unless the company has stagnated, the tech and parts would improve overtime where they no longer match.
But also, would you want a third party to continue producing the parts? Seems like a security leak there.
> Given the mechanical complexity of such devices. Would it ever be profitable to continue producing parts for them?
For most repair parts, no. Especially not since need for such a device is anticorrelated with earnings. The article's complainant, being a disabled former jockey, probably make <40K in the years leading up to his accident and little to none in the years since.