Which ignores the waste disposal externality and alternative uses of the resources used for replacement.  The whole point of the slogan is to address the fact that being wasteful has costs that you don&#x27;t see up front.<p>Besides that, the manufacturer has an intrinsic incentive to encourage people to throw away something only 1% broken to buy a 100% new replacement.  Do you think Apple <i>must</i> glue the batteries inside the unopenable iPhone case, when other manufacturers have user-replaceable battery packs?