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Re:Fighting for the right to repair your own stuff by Spivak on Saturday October 17, 2020 @03:42PM (#24812585)
Yeah, Apple’s fixation on tight manufacturing tolerances is absolutely nuts with their screens. They give them zero room to warp or bend so they just shatter. It was not fun when I had to manage a fleet of them. With around 200 laptops total we constantly had a stack of 10 rotating in/out of the Apple store for broken screens.

The only thing worse is the fact that the duty cycle on the USB-C ports is so stupidly low. We ended up getting everyone these little port saver things because we got tired of sending laptops in for worn out ports.

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Re:Fighting for the right to repair your own stuff by qz2 on Saturday October 17, 2020 @05:11PM (#24813414)
Oh dont get me started on USB-C. My T470 has a broken USB-C after my wife tripped over the cable. Fortunately it has an old style thinkpad charger hole. My T495s has two USB-C ports which I'm hoping will last out the lifetime of the device.

All are soldered directly to the motherboard :(

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Re:Fighting for the right to repair your own stuff by kop316 on Sunday October 18, 2020 @09:27AM (#24817735)
The past 3 phones I owned had to be replaced due to the USB-C port. I my current phone somehow doesn'tlike it and only charges with USB-C if I use a USB-A to USB-C. These are all Pixel phones.
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