Re:Can Sweden tackle the throwaway society?
by peatmoss on Sunday November 27, 2016 @10:30AM
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> Recently I managed to repair an old iPod Video
Wow, I just went down the iFixit rabbit hole of seeing what that entails. My hat is off to you on repairing yours.
Had I been you, I feel like I would have spent the $10 on parts, destroyed the iPod while trying to repair it, then still bought the replacement item--probably something new for $100+ that gets good marks for hackability, and then failed to make full use of it.
Re:Can Sweden tackle the throwaway society?
by zapu on Sunday November 27, 2016 @11:12AM
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Thank you. I don't think I would be able to touch anything newer than that, honestly. Especially with current-generation devices, where everything is literally glued together, to a point where disassembling it and assembling back is next to impossible unless you have the specific tools (and skills) already.
I have iPhone 5S and the battery is kind of giving up. Still going to try to find a shop (too bad it won't be Apple official one) where they'd do a battery replacement before buying a new one.
Recently I managed to repair an old iPod Video - it's about 25$ if you want to buy used, working one. I managed to order the parts from AliExpress for about 10$ total. I make enough money to buy myself a new music player if I wanted to, but the fact that there will be one less potentially toxic piece of garbage somewhere in a landfill feels really good.