Is it just bad luck, or built-in obsolescence? Gone Mad.... Again (Part II)

4th July 2012 - Today the Washing Machine decided to die once again, and as per usual, it was the board, 12 months after the last board was replaced. And once again the engineer tells us how lucky we are to have bought the extended guarantee, because this repair would normally costs over £200, and this is our second repair in as many years.. (below link to original post)    


Is it legal, moral, ethical or acceptable to design something to fail after 12 or so months. I don't know how to prevent this without changing the washing machine, and what if I did not want to buy the extended warranty, and the same part fails again.

And the question is, why does my washing machine needs a board when, a standard, mechanical, timer would do, and why does a washing machine has an RJ-45 network connection....

Board MK- II

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