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Re:Steve Wozniak backs right-to-repair movement by tinus_hn on Friday July 09, 2021 @09:10AM (#27783306)
The reason why not every cynic can replace Steve Jobs is that Steve Jobs knew to force things only if they actually could be forced. It didn’t always work out but often enough.
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Re:Steve Wozniak backs right-to-repair movement by taylodl on Friday July 09, 2021 @11:01AM (#27784376)
Correct. Jobs didn't recommend eliminating expansion slots without having an alternative on hand. The same thing happened when they eliminated the floppy drive from their iMacs in the 90's - they had an alternative on hand, the USB drive. They were new at the time and certainly not widespread but its adoption by the iMac changed all that.
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