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Re:Apple Shipped Me a 79-Pound iPhone Repair Kit to Fix a 1.... by spookthesunset on Saturday May 21, 2022 @02:03PM (#31460264)
You can sell the parts and manual, sure. But making it easy for a layman with non specialized tools? That is a tall order against cost, weight and waterproofing.
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Re:Apple Shipped Me a 79-Pound iPhone Repair Kit to Fix a 1.... by kllrnohj on Saturday May 21, 2022 @02:53PM (#31460703)
Being easy isn't a primary goal. Simply being possible at all is the goal: https://www.repair.org/policy
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Re:Apple Shipped Me a 79-Pound iPhone Repair Kit to Fix a 1.... by ddingus on Saturday May 21, 2022 @10:43PM (#31464434)
The goal is to make sure things are possible

When they are, there will be plenty of people capable of making it easy. There always are.

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