That's neither here nor there. I have speakers that are 16 years old, Creative Gigaworks T3. In their 6th year, the circuit board in their sound remote died, rendering them useless. There are no complex chips there, nothing proprietary, but Creative no longer manufactured it, 5 years old, and so repair was impossible.
I was able to fix them by finding someone who sells a replacement remote on TaoBao and getting a shipping company to send it to me at 2x the price.
Point is - availability of parts does not guarantee manufacturer has any interest is supporting the product.
On the contrary, if manufacturer wants to fix something, they actually can, even if exact same parts aren't available.
I was able to fix them by finding someone who sells a replacement remote on TaoBao and getting a shipping company to send it to me at 2x the price.
Point is - availability of parts does not guarantee manufacturer has any interest is supporting the product.
On the contrary, if manufacturer wants to fix something, they actually can, even if exact same parts aren't available.