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Re:Apple Silicon MacBook batteries can't be replaced under w... by Thorrez on Friday May 31, 2024 @08:10AM (#40534061)
Is it a design choice? Ifixit sells a replacement battery for his laptop for $150. Apple refuses to sell a battery only, and instead sells a battery+keyboard bundle for $600. This doesn't seem like a laptop design choice, but rather a choice of what replacement parts to sell individually vs bundled together.
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Re:Apple Silicon MacBook batteries can't be replaced under w... by beretguy on Friday May 31, 2024 @08:27AM (#40534221)
Apple is leaving themselves some room so that people like you can come to defend them, hence creating an illusion that what they are not doing is not wrong.
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Re:Apple Silicon MacBook batteries can't be replaced under w... by Thorrez on Friday May 31, 2024 @08:43AM (#40534416)
I'm criticizing Apple, not defending them. I think what Apple is doing is wrong.

I'm saying Apple's laptop design optimization wasn't the problem, the problem is that Apple refuses to sell replacement batteries. I think refusing to sell replacement batteries is worse than optimizing a laptop for thinness instead of reparability.

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