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Absolutely. I repair tubes because there is nothing wrong with them, for a few pence worth of rubber and a spot of glue I save myself the hassle of travelling to a shop or trying to bulk up a internet order for free delivery to obtain replacement tubes. The end result is a known good/tested innertube while a brand new tube is of unknown integrity and may fail prematurely due to poor manufacture.Some of us actually enjoy the ritual of repairing tubes properly. We use the problem of landfill to give a noble sheen to something we do anyway.
Others see it as a tiresome chore and buy replacements. They may use the economics of replacement or make up a spurious safety argument for something they were going to do anyway.
The decisions aren't made rationally. We just tack arguments on afterwards to try to rationalise our behaviour.
The landfill/environmental argument is just a satisfying bonus.