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Re:Declining quality of consumer-grade products – 2009 fridg... by eloisius on Monday August 15, 2022 @02:24AM (#32466468)
There are batteries special enough that I can't pick one up at Walmart, and for the general public that may render the device kaput. I didn't say it's an unhackable design.
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Re:Declining quality of consumer-grade products – 2009 fridg... by midoridensha on Monday August 15, 2022 @08:21PM (#32477576)
>There are batteries special enough that I can't pick one up at Walmart

You can't pick up a standard 18650 battery at Walmart either, but that doesn't make it some kind of special battery. It's bog-standard. Availability at Walmart has nothing to do with something is standard or even common. Brake pads for some random mass-market 2015 model year car (GM, Toyota, etc.) are nothing special or difficult to find either, but you're not going to find them at Walmart.

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