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A comment on Why We Must Fight for the Right to Repair Our Electronics.

Re:Why We Must Fight for the Right to Repair Our Electronics by acidtrucks on Tuesday October 24, 2017 @10:29PM (#15546940)
I would love to see a company whose business model is making generic and standard consumer electronics parts that are small and powerful, with options to boot. I would love it if I could build & maintain my own mobile computer (AKA smartphone) just as I would build my own PC. Since taking my kindle voyage apart, I realize that this must be very doable. That thing is way less sophisticated than a raspberry pi, it just happens to be a form factor that I like to hold.
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Re:Why We Must Fight for the Right to Repair Our Electronics by sohkamyung on Tuesday October 24, 2017 @11:44PM (#15547282)
Probably not what you are looking for but I'm keeping an eye on Fairphone [1], a company that tries to ethically source for phone parts and ensures that you can repair the phone you buy from them.

[1] https://www.fairphone.com/en/

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Re:Why We Must Fight for the Right to Repair Our Electronics by mmphosis on Wednesday October 25, 2017 @01:42AM (#15547782)
I would love it if I could build & maintain my own mobile computer (AKA smartphone) just as I would build my own PC.

I would love to build and maintain my own PC, but I assume that Intel Management Engine (ME) or the equivilent is going to come with the CPU for the PC I build.

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Re:Why We Must Fight for the Right to Repair Our Electronics by TylerE on Tuesday October 24, 2017 @10:43PM (#15547025)
There's a huge gap between an ereader and a smartphone.
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Re:Why We Must Fight for the Right to Repair Our Electronics by jpindar on Wednesday October 25, 2017 @12:08AM (#15547390)
1. small

2. powerful

3. with options

4. easy to work on without special (possibly custom) equipment

choose two

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Re:Why We Must Fight for the Right to Repair Our Electronics by acidtrucks on Wednesday October 25, 2017 @08:43AM (#15549540)
I would rather have a larger handheld device than my Nexus 5x if it meant I control the hardware and software on it. 2/3/4 I think can be worked out by the consumer market as long as standards can be crafted for modularity.
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