How long is long term?
Forcing companies to support cutting-edge prototypes (like exoskeleton) for decades is the best way to ensure there won't be any company making them.
Forcing companies to support cutting-edge prototypes (like exoskeleton) for decades is the best way to ensure there won't be any company making them.
Also, supporting early models for a long time is a great way to learn about the ways that it fails, and fix those failings in future generations. Although, it seems like companies these days don't seem to care at all about the longevity of their products, and that is the real problem.
When the earliest cars/PCs were pushed to the market, did the government tell the manufacturers that they have to provide parts for decades, otherwise they'll be punished in this or that way?
Not a rhetorical questions. I genuinely don't know the answer. But adminttedly I'd be quite surprise if the answer is yes.