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It's incredibly common. I even provide that service. I have for years now.
Yeah I hate that these discussions are always so lacking of nuance and frame repairability as a universal positive to have a certain kind of hardware design.
Eh, yes? Software obsolescence is just another thing on top which makes it even more trashy.
For real. We need right to repair laws. Companies like Apple lobbying against that movement is infuriating. Then people defend that which adds insult to injury. It'd be a funny situation... if people weren't smelling their own turds and enjoying it.
Repairability is a universal positive. Even if you yourself can't repair your product then you can pay someone to do it. Even when you can't pay someone to do it, Apple should be able to reuse or recycle all the parts of your damaged product. Putting a lot of software into a product will acutally only make it more susceptible to obsolescence.
It's not about that tho. It's about having the choice of having your stuff repaired by a repair pro and have to go back to the manufacture. This can save people time some repairs can be done in a few days or even a few hours, it can save you money no need for an extended warranty for a repair that can cost you very little, it cuts down on e-waste because you can keep your product longer, these companies sometimes don't even attempt to repair your product they just swap it for another one and try to fix yours later, and if they can't they just chuck it.
Oh yeah, just throw it into the trash! Just more e-waste. Who gives a shit!
If they were this honest, I would actually give them less flak.
Orrrrrr maybe, just maybe, if it was easier to repair, it wouldn't be expensive to repair? Shocking, I know!
That's the issue. People are still saying, "but who cares about a $99 🔊!". It's across the board and I hope they keep getting called out as they continue these practices.
Yes. In fact, you can mod them.
they can design shit the way they feel like but when they go out of their way to make devices fail even if you are swapping out identical parts from identical machines then its a problem. what possible reason is there for that other than fuck you pay me by apple? people like you are the problem not those that want to be able to repair the device they bought without being sabotaged by the manufacturer.
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There's isn't much you can recycle, and no, it isn't disingenuous when they designed something with irreparability in mind.
How hard is it to realize that you're part of the problem? This attitude is why Apple (and others) gets away with this shit, demand better.
They take them in and ...send them to landfill
This needs to be driven home. I'm certain this is what many don't get when they come into these threads.
Like clockwork. Also a new one since Apple finally released something for cheap:
Sorry for singling you out, wlatham92
I guess my point is that everyone should know their practices and what's up. I'm personally not going to relent. I get where you are coming from, of course.
Very, very, very wrong way of thinking about things in the year 2020. You are not a boomer. We can't afford to throw out the old one and buy a new one as if it doesn't matter. It ends up as toxic sludge. It is OUR problem.
