righttorepair

jONESYMIDGET1997 · 1年前

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/569851/sponsors/new?token=D0gXz_86v_ui-nyNJmKg

In light of the EU introducing right to repair legislation, I decided to create a UK parliament petition to persue a similar type of guarantee for UK citisens, please circulate to anyone within the UK who can sign this.

ThrowAway237s · 7時間前

In an ideal world, the wisdom of the crowds would have nipped the trend of non-replaceable batteries in the bud no later than 2013 (when Sony switched to non-replaceable batteries with their Xperia Z), well before it would have the slightest chance of growing like a cancer and taking over. Instead, utilitarian smartphone users suffered from the lack of wisdom of the crowds since the mid-2010s, where the last standing vendors succumbed to the trend.

Frankly, I was satisfied back when both options existed. Let both us power users and those trendchasers have what they want. But now, the few available devices (not just smartphones but also laptops) with replaceable batteries have other functional disadvantages.

Same for memory cards. Let trendchasers get the phones that lose all data when they break, and us power users be able to recover it.

ThrowAway237s · 4分前

Remote kill switches allow someone else to remotely terminate your access to parts or all of "your" product when they feel like it or by accident, and are yet another threat to individual freedom.

We have already seen the effects of this anti-feature on Mozilla Firefox in early May 2019, where Mozilla "accidentally" suspended all extensions ForSecurityReasons™.

Now imagine the same happening to your other things, like your "smart" heater in winter. Then you can only hope your oven is "dumb", i.e. it works without thinking about whether it should or not. As a last recourse, you could use a hair dryer.

Then imagine getting stuck on the side of a motorway in an expensive luxury car without any physical defects, because some rogue employee at your car vendor's headquarters pushed the wrong button.

I don't care for which "good purpose" this scourge against freedom exists, the idea that someone can remotely press a button and cripple my product, whether accidentally or deliberately, is dystopian. I want to be in full control of my product.

In an ideal world, people would be repulsed by anything with a remote kill switch like they are repulsed by rotten food.

ThrowAway237s · 8時間前

Anti-repair lobbyists love this spatial benefit argument: "If a battery is not built replaceable, there is more space for components!" – What they do not mention is that a battery loses capacity over time, which defeats the benefit, and that a few millimetres of thickness that do not bother people even 1% as much as anti-repair design could compensate for it.

That benefit only temporary, since its degradation reduces its capacity anyway. The temporary spatial benefit of sealed batteries is defeated by their degradation.

"Then take care of your battery by keeping the charge between blah blah blah… temperature blah blah blah… "

No. I have more important things to focus on in life than to try to slow the inevitable weardown of my phone/laptop battery, car brakes, car oil, and other components that are supposed to be replaced anyway.

HaphazardFlitBipper · 3日前

Basically the question in the title. If such a list exists, where is it. If not, we should make one.

After-Cell · 5日前

Just wondered if this approach could work in any scenario?

In my experience, it's way more expensive but I wondered if forcing the supplier to keep things working by any means could work.

As an example, Applecare can only last a few years; no different than mandatory warrenty rules anyway. I had to tell them that not providing support even with premium support is a sign of poor products.

Consumers must be idiots. I think that the Thrill of the buy blinds them. So many times, I've had to point out to my wife: That will break. This is the catch.

She still can't seem to learn it, even with the precious less shiny thing in hand.

Tim7Prime · 9日前

This will be exposed to a lot of eyes, we could do it together!

https://preview.redd.it/49tzjty5w4r81.png?width=803&format=png&auto=webp&s=99e75f40b621fe5808320e7b0f3f1789410a0012

Attempting at (1725,4) as the top left corner

Lessian · 10日前

Companies should not be doing this. When you buy a device, (not contract.) you own the device, it is YOURS. Not the companies.

And they can't use the "Oh well, you should bring it to an authorised repair shop as you may break it." That is the biggest "You are thick as pig s*@t" that a company can use. "No it isn't hard. That is what ifixit is for. that and Youtube.

Imagine if apple made a car and spot welded the Bonet close so you could not fix or modify it. then say that you may break your car or make it explode.

Companies do this because of profit, and because they think we are dumb.

You know when you go to Apples 'Genius Bar' and they say 'this that and the other' need replacing, so they suggest you either buy that same model. Or pay for the repair that costs more.

9 times out of 10, the repair will only cost a 2-3 digit amount. Like that video that news channel made about right to repair, they took it to Apple. Then they took it to Louis Rossmann, and it was simply a pin on the display cable.

excuses, excuses, EXCUSES.

these companies are just greedy.

ThrowAway237s · 10日前

No private person owns an iPhone. Any iPhone "owner" is just subscribed to a paid service.

There is no such thing as an "Apple product". These are paid services.

So if someone says "I have the newest iPhone now!" or "the Apple store has made my iPhone work again!", know that it actually means "I have renewed my iPhone subscription!"

BesticlesTesticles · 10日前

I have a small logic board that I’m trying to repair. But I am not an electrical engineer and I need some help. Is there a good subreddit for getting help on generic (not brand-specific) consumer electronics repair?