Ok, but you’re missing the point and reassuring OPs. Three people might as well be zero.

I am not. If we continue to sit on our hands talk down about "most people" aren't interested in XYZ, we are the problem.

Armchair dipshits like to slag on Louis Rossmann, but did lead repair sessions where he would teach people how to do hot air pcb rework. Dude walks the talk and empowers people.

You are missing my point.

You’re venting, not arguing. Teaching three people doesn’t scale, and anecdotes aren’t data.

No one’s dismissing Rossmann or the value of empowerment. The problem is acting like isolated efforts equal systemic change. If this were as easy as you claim, the landscape would reflect that.

So yes, you’re missing the point. Passion is fine, but without policy, infrastructure, and incentives, it goes nowhere.

How do you think policy of any sort gets it's origin?

Same token, sounds like you're arguing, not doing.

> without policy, infrastructure, and incentives, it goes nowhere.

So how do we start?

It doesn't matter how many people do it as a hobby. Making a repair easier makes professional repair/upgrade cheaper, enabling poorer people to do it, thus decreasing the overall waste dramatically.