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Re:The Right to Repair could help address a critical shortag... by grishka on Monday September 07, 2020 @01:12PM (#24400825)
Yes but there's not much diversity in the phones themselves. Whichever company you choose, you're most likely getting an impenetrable giant glass slab.
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Re:The Right to Repair could help address a critical shortag... by ceejayoz on Monday September 07, 2020 @04:19PM (#24402437)
> Whichever company you choose, you're most likely getting an impenetrable giant glass slab.

Which is probably a good indication that the market for other styles of devices is quite small, right?

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Re:The Right to Repair could help address a critical shortag... by sumedh on Monday September 07, 2020 @07:29PM (#24403797)
> Yes but there's not much diversity in the phones themselves.

There used to lots of diversity but after the Iphone the market wants an impenetrable giant glass slab.

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