• Earthwormjim91@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    lol ok.

    The vast majority of androids are worse for repairability. The ones that get more than a year or two of support don’t have any parts available. The ones that do get support have far worse physical restrictions like straight up gluing parts in.

    The rest you mention, >99% of people don’t do anyway.

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      1 year ago

      But if you care, you can get a repairable phone like the Fairphone.

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      1 year ago

      Are you talking about iPhone? Because repairing an iPhone requires specialist tools and specialist software. Oh, and it’s all glued together. 100% of people are unable to repair their own iPhone with replacement parts because parts are serialized and require proprietary software to unlock.

      If you want to support these anti-consumer practices, that’s up to you, but there’s really no need to spread misinformation.

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        1 year ago

        lol the only specialist tool you need is the pentalobe screwdriver and a suction cup. None of the rest is needed, it just makes it easy.

        And unlocking the hardware for use just requires calling Apple support and saying “hey I’ve replaced this part and need it unlocked, here’s the serial”.

        Nothing in an iPhone is solidly glued in. The battery has a couple of pull tabs to make it easy to remove. Something like a Samsung it’s damn near impossible to remove because the entire battery is glued down.