This!! A few years back, a student tried to launch a wash machine called "l'increvable" (~can't die). Stainless steel tank, open source, focus on repairability:

https://www.lincrevable.com/en/story/

That was to be maybe the last machine you buy in your lifetime? Unfortunately they ran out of money.

Instead, we have short life unrepairable appliances, but hey: they're cheap so who gives a damn??