Re:Apple Shipped Me a 79-Pound iPhone Repair Kit to Fix a 1....
by pas on Saturday May 21, 2022 @11:37PM
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> bitching from HN about their new repairable iPhone that is prone to water damage, has shit battery life and creaks when you hold it.
it's not like we did not have those already :D
bendgate! antennagate! (you're holding it wrong!) and so on.
it seems what repairability is about is using standard parts (screws, batteries), allowing people to buy parts, and allowing people to use the thing in a less than perfect way (eg. with an aftermarket standard part)
of course it's not just Apple that doesn't want this. nobody who is in the business of selling their own hardware wants this, because it would decrease their sales.
and as other comments pointed out right to repair is not repairability.
it's not like we did not have those already :D
bendgate! antennagate! (you're holding it wrong!) and so on.
it seems what repairability is about is using standard parts (screws, batteries), allowing people to buy parts, and allowing people to use the thing in a less than perfect way (eg. with an aftermarket standard part)
of course it's not just Apple that doesn't want this. nobody who is in the business of selling their own hardware wants this, because it would decrease their sales.
and as other comments pointed out right to repair is not repairability.