Re:Apple’s repair kill switch hasn’t been activated yet
by devoply on Saturday October 06, 2018 @07:14PM
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Sounds like we need more laws around manufacturing things to make them possible to repair and the prohibition of stopping 3rd party repair. Hell the EU should pass something along these lines. It's pretty much necessary at this point.
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Re:Apple’s repair kill switch hasn’t been activated yet
by pitaj on Sunday October 07, 2018 @02:38AM
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Eh, I'd rather have the option to choose than have the government force it down everyone's throats. Believe it or not, most people never repair their devices for the entire time the own them.
Re:Apple’s repair kill switch hasn’t been activated yet
by xg15 on Sunday October 07, 2018 @06:06AM
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Most people will also don't care about the environment. "We should not force the market to do something because the market doesn't do it itself" is a circular argument.
Re:Apple’s repair kill switch hasn’t been activated yet
by greglindahl on Saturday October 06, 2018 @08:51PM
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It's easy for me to buy iPhone repair services where I live, despite it being less repairable.
Re:Apple’s repair kill switch hasn’t been activated yet
by xxs on Saturday October 06, 2018 @07:31PM
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A simple scale of build quality and repairablity that must be glued on the box, similar to the energy class (at least in the EU) would be a good start.
Re:Apple’s repair kill switch hasn’t been activated yet
by sh87 on Saturday October 06, 2018 @08:57PM
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Interesting idea. iFixIt releases repairability scores for laptops [1] and phones [2].
As an avid tinkerer, it is shocking and disheartening to see the most popular products on both lists with the least scores !
What is the next generation of tinkerers going to muck their teens around ?