News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on The Verge is so bad they have me defending Apple [video]. Parent comment

Re:The Verge is so bad they have me defending Apple [video] by ClumsyPilot on Sunday May 22, 2022 @10:19AM (#31468434)
Can you buy the $5 lighting port if your's has broken? Can you buy the $2 charging chip? Can you buy a microphone, a gyroscope, or any of the 50 individual electronic components for either phones, laptops or tablets? Can you at least by the micropone jack?

I rest my case.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:The Verge is so bad they have me defending Apple [video] by Sebb767 on Sunday May 22, 2022 @10:33AM (#31468591)
The original comment said:

> It's designed to scare people away from doing the repairs themselves.

I don't think the program is perfect, but I don't see how missing components scare people away.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:The Verge is so bad they have me defending Apple [video] by kcplate on Sunday May 22, 2022 @10:40AM (#31468665)
I’m gonna assume from your name that you might understand what I am about to say— I think you may be demanding SRU and SRCs where LRUs are appropriate.
[ Parent | on HN ]