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I'll start: printers.

I bought an HP in March 2020 when my job went remote and HP bricked it remotely after only 100 pages because I wouldn't sign up for their subscription program. Ended up trashing a perfectly good printer.

Luckily my library's close by and I can print there remotely.

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[–] Shellofbiomatter@lemmus.org 7 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Talk about it. My washing machine that was just 2½ years old, luckily within extended warranty period, had worn ballbearings. Those were luckily replaced, but it took repair shop and required paperwork 2+ weeks to even come and pick it up, they did offer replacement machine during the repairs.

That wasn't the worst part, i could still run the machine as the ball bearings were just starting to wear out.

It came back from the repair shop and 2 bloody weeks later another part failed, a fucking simple sensor and the machine no longer runs at all. I removed the side panel and i can see the sensor, 2 screws and a simple plug. I'm not going to contact the repair shop and insurance for that, it's going to take them longer to get back to me than it does me to find a supplier and order the part myself.
In the meanwhile I'm forced to wash my clothes by hand.

Though that made me realize i need to buy a spare washing machine and keep that in the basement for when main one breaks again.