TECH CARE INDUSTRY - What Can We Do Together?
The Tech Care industry is a fractured one, tribal in nature. A collection of thousands of companies in repair, support, reuse and recycling that often really only care about themselves and their own tribes' success. Sometimes that tribalism gets nasty. For instance, I recently heard a story about a repair shop that once had to take out a restraining order on the owner of a rival store. I often hear p arts suppliers who take every opportunity to trash a competitor over the "real" quality of their parts. R2 certified recyclers saying that other R2 recyclers aren't REALLY following R2 standards . YouTube personalities that constantly complain about the work of other companies. Then there is the folks who are supposed to be trying to help the industry move forward but put down companies that don't support a cause they claim should unite the industry. Now imagine for a second what this tribal cannibalistic industry could do if it worked toge...