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Re:The Right to Repair could help address a critical shortag... by GordonS on Sunday September 06, 2020 @06:20PM (#24395120)
Hmm, I just realised the same thing - in almost 20 years of owning mobile electronic devices, I've never once had water damage to a device. I don't use electronics in the bath, shower, on the toilet or anything else random.

Strangely, when I last bought a mobile phone I made sure it had waterproofing... I guess marketing won here, since it's not something I actually need.

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Re:The Right to Repair could help address a critical shortag... by sumedh on Sunday September 06, 2020 @10:17PM (#24396139)
> since it's not something I actually need.

Its like insurance, you almost never use it but when things go wrong you are glad you have it.

> I've never once had water damage to a device.

Its both, your conscious effort not to take the phone where there is higher risk of water damage and its also luck that your child/friend/colleague did not accidentally spill water on it.

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