In the future, it will be considered unbelievable that repairing a product used to be more expensive than buying a new one

(not that we know where to repair it or how much it'd cost, we just throw it)

Edit : I can understand why taking two hours to repair something worth 20€ isn't worth it though, e.g. a computer mouse, but even in such case we could standardize a minimum and have enterprises specialized in ensuring that spare parts are always available(, each costing a few euros).Then instead of the longer task of repairing a circuit board, the consumer could easily swap it by h·er·im·self, or leave it to a pro who'd take less than 5mns.(And the older circuit board would be sent for free and either repaired or stripped for parts)(Transportation costs will be greatly reduced in the very near future with automation, but warehouses should exist less than 12h away)