Smartphone manufacturers in general have been trending towards making them more difficult to disassemble and repair.
I'm certain that was actually the main reason for the trend towards water resistance, and non-removable batteries. It's about sealing and gluing their phones together, instead of making all the components easily accessible.
This is literally the storyline of the kids movie Robots where the bad guy (Greg Kinnear) makes it illegal to repair things, you can only buy new, and the robots who can’t afford new parts become outcasts but eventually there are too many of them and they rise up and with the help of the Ewan MacGregor and Robin Williams robots they overthrow the evil CEO robot, who it turns out, was really being controlled by his wicked mother (played by Jim broadbent)
(my kids have this dvd in the car so I basically have it memorized 🤣)
At least with Google you have open source so you can nuke most of their data gathering shit off and have a bare bones OS.. at least before 11. Haven't looked into it yet with the new update.
You can jailbreak and iPhone and make it do anything you want. You can put Android OS on a jail broken iPhone. I saw a video where a guy actually got Windows XP to run on an iPhone.
I have one, unfortunately it's not really that good, it's definitely "first try" quality. However, I bought it to support the idea, not for the phone itself, so hopefully the next version is better.
Ducking Louis has been tongue in cheek bashing Trump or the “current admin” in numerous streams. He can jump in a lake of waste materials from Chinese sweat shops for all I care.
It’s not just Apple. A lot of places including healthcare are doing this; forcing 3rd party resellers our and forcing consumers to buy new. Not even allowing donations.
My Corsair K70 cord developed a short right where it enters the keyboard. Corsair doesn't sell replacement cords, after a bit of looking around I found someone selling the cord online. Once I got the cord I had it repaired in like 15 mins, keyboard works as good as new now.
Screw all these anti-repair corporations, be they direct like Apple or indirect like Corsair by not offering parts.
The android products are less expensive, less vendor lock in, just as easy to use, and have more apps available. At this point it doesn't make sense to use crapple, other than that android is googles baby, and google is shit too. But the thing is, most of andriod is open source, so it doesn't matter what the fuck google thinks.
Only one iphone was worth it iphone 4 and 4s . After that disaster started , screw em. The price tag is majorly brand value no value to the actual device.
Yeah, they've been caught building planned obsolescence into their devices numerous times, like engineering batteries to become useless after a couple of years, and programming older iphones to slow down. They are scoundrels of the highest order.
My family has a lot of apple products. When they die, we will not be replacing them w other Apple products. Fuck them!
I wouldn't replace my family with Apple products either.
😂
Glad I'm not the only one that read it that way!
Idk if samsung is based at all but at least their stuff is made in Korea instead of China.
Buy and throw mentality has done a lot of damage to how everything is done. Our grandparents would be shocked at such waste
Carried over to human beings.
Smartphone manufacturers in general have been trending towards making them more difficult to disassemble and repair.
I'm certain that was actually the main reason for the trend towards water resistance, and non-removable batteries. It's about sealing and gluing their phones together, instead of making all the components easily accessible.
There's not really a better method right now. The rapid change of technology leaves a lot of waste.
Rapid advancement yes, Rabid planned obsoleting and large scale attacks at fixing people fixing their private property. No.
Combine there rapid anti fix with intentional design flaws and we have brand new stuff that doesn't last as long as the older model
Thats the real fuckin problem here
It's part of DHS's mandate to seize counterfeit and pirated goods
https://www.dhs.gov/publication/combating-trafficking-counterfeit-and-pirated-goods
Apple told them the screens were counterfeit
https://erepairz.com/uncategorized/dhs-seizes-aftermarket-iphone-screens-from-prominent-right-to-repair-advocate/
Soldered RAM, permanent bond glue on batteries, custom self nuking ROMs, and now "you cannot replace that camera, it is a vital component!"
Can you root iPhones?
No
This is literally the storyline of the kids movie Robots where the bad guy (Greg Kinnear) makes it illegal to repair things, you can only buy new, and the robots who can’t afford new parts become outcasts but eventually there are too many of them and they rise up and with the help of the Ewan MacGregor and Robin Williams robots they overthrow the evil CEO robot, who it turns out, was really being controlled by his wicked mother (played by Jim broadbent)
(my kids have this dvd in the car so I basically have it memorized 🤣)
When it costs $100 for third party to replace the screen but Apple charges $225, it’s time to get out of the scam.
Tim Cuck. I’ll never buy anything Apple again, and I’m due for a new phone soon...
Can’t get an Android either. They are owned by Google. So no iPhone, no Android.. What are you gonna get? Do they still make Blackberries?
At least with Google you have open source so you can nuke most of their data gathering shit off and have a bare bones OS.. at least before 11. Haven't looked into it yet with the new update.
As long as the bootloader is unlockable you can still install your own ROM.
You can jailbreak and iPhone and make it do anything you want. You can put Android OS on a jail broken iPhone. I saw a video where a guy actually got Windows XP to run on an iPhone.
I have no idea. It totally sucks.
Yes. Check out the "Blackberry Key2".
PiPhone for the tech savoy pedes
Yeah, while i support all of their efforts & future breakthroughs, that's so over my head.
Consider Purism. My next phone will be Librem 5. Either the regular or the USA one. Everything is screwed together, everything is replaceable.
I have one, unfortunately it's not really that good, it's definitely "first try" quality. However, I bought it to support the idea, not for the phone itself, so hopefully the next version is better.
Interesting! What's not good about it? Materials/build quality, screen function, OS?
SUPPORT LOUIS ROSSMAN IN HIS FIGHT AGAINST APPLE AND FOR RIGHT OT REPAIR. HE IS GREAT
Ducking Louis has been tongue in cheek bashing Trump or the “current admin” in numerous streams. He can jump in a lake of waste materials from Chinese sweat shops for all I care.
really? what did he say?
It’s not just Apple. A lot of places including healthcare are doing this; forcing 3rd party resellers our and forcing consumers to buy new. Not even allowing donations.
Yes, PLEASE don't buy apple again. This macbook is the last apple product I ever buy.
Look up Louis Rossman on youtube. He is an apple repair guy and constantly says how shitty apple is with right to repair.
We have to focus on the new product, the iRan!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rw2nkoGLhrE
Omg how have I never seen this. I can’t believe this is still appropriate 13 years later
I liked this post... on my iPhone
My Corsair K70 cord developed a short right where it enters the keyboard. Corsair doesn't sell replacement cords, after a bit of looking around I found someone selling the cord online. Once I got the cord I had it repaired in like 15 mins, keyboard works as good as new now.
Screw all these anti-repair corporations, be they direct like Apple or indirect like Corsair by not offering parts.
Buying an iPhone is kind of like voting for Biden.
apple hates the environment.
The android products are less expensive, less vendor lock in, just as easy to use, and have more apps available. At this point it doesn't make sense to use crapple, other than that android is googles baby, and google is shit too. But the thing is, most of andriod is open source, so it doesn't matter what the fuck google thinks.
Link for the last sentence?
Only one iphone was worth it iphone 4 and 4s . After that disaster started , screw em. The price tag is majorly brand value no value to the actual device.
Google is just as bad and so is Microsoft.
We have to wait for new competitors to rise from the ashes of this election.
Wait? Find the alternatives and support them now
Why wouldn't apple sell its own refurbished phones? Selling a phone twice sounds like a really easy way to make more money
So they don't have to worry about backward compatibility. That, and they make more money on new phones.
Yeah, they've been caught building planned obsolescence into their devices numerous times, like engineering batteries to become useless after a couple of years, and programming older iphones to slow down. They are scoundrels of the highest order.
If you own anything Apple you shouldn't even call yourself a patriot.
So we should buy Google products? What are the options?
Yeah and Android is Google so if you own an Android you’re part of the problem too.
At least it's possible to install a third party ROM on most android phones. That's a million percent better than the walled garden of iPhones.