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Re:Simplo batteries breaking MacBook logic boards? by jimmies on Saturday December 12, 2020 @11:14AM (#25399166)
Given the situation happened, was the fire caused by either the right to repair or the laptop going through a repair? Why did you drag the "repair" and "a bad charger causing a fire" into one category?

What a horrible strawman argument to make.

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Re:Simplo batteries breaking MacBook logic boards? by coldtea on Saturday December 12, 2020 @12:34PM (#25399933)
>Why did you drag the "repair" and "a bad charger causing a fire" into one category?

Because a charger doesn't have some magical ability that makes it the only kind of device to cause this. The fire could just as easily come from an equally poorly made third-party battery...

>What a horrible strawman argument to make.

What a horrible, rude, violation of the principle of charity.

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