Google shelves plan for phone with interchangeable parts

Re:Google shelves plan for phone with interchangeable parts by djsumdog on Friday September 02, 2016 @09:22AM (#12412812)

I remember the old mid-2000 MacBooks. I had one with an easily accessible hard drive and ram right under the replaceable battery (which I did have to replace once too).

People forget Apple was sued, and lost, in the 1990s for telling people to buy new iPods instead of selling replacement batteries. They started moving to user serviceable stuff briefly, but then went back to their own ways and people haven't challenged them since.

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Re:Google shelves plan for phone with interchangeable parts by Jtsummers on Friday September 02, 2016 @10:32AM (#12413273)

Re iPod:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Inc._litigation#iPod_bat...

It was the 2000s, 2005 was the settlement date, iPods didn't exist in the 1990s. They didn't lose, strictly speaking, they settled (which is not the same as admitting fault). Settling lets them save face, even if they may not have had a liability, by not dragging their name through the muck with regards to the poor performance of the batteries and iPods.

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Re:Google shelves plan for phone with interchangeable parts by eric_h on Friday September 02, 2016 @11:57AM (#12413896)

I believe Apple offers battery replacement programs for most (if not all) of their products now.

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