When I was a kid, my family had the same dishwasher machine for many, many years. The components just kept working. Now, since my wife and I have lived at our current house, we've had three in under 10 years. The drain pump just failed on the current one, too. I think the motor windings burnt out. It was the top-end dishwasher at home depot when we bought it, well the top end one with no nonsense electronic/computerized features. I ordered a new drain pump a couple of days ago. The new pump is about $120 delivered. People generally throw appliances away because those parts cost a significant fraction of the cost of a new machine, especially if they pay a handyman or similar person to install it.
30 years ago, companies made parts that last. Now they make parts that purposely don't last. Eventually even appliance makers will try to charge rent to operate their shitty appliances, just like the god awful auto industry.
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