Dyson

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Dyson, founded in 1991, is a manufacturer of home appliances such as vacuum cleaners. Dyson likes to make it difficult or impossible to repair their products after market.

Harder to repair buttons

Glued PCB, preventing an easy repair

There have been reports of vacuum trigger button being harder to self-repair for a consumer due to the use of glue on the PCB, prompting the user to replace the whole housing.

List of controversies and practices

Dyson intentionally reduces battery lifespan and makes them difficult to repair