Some devices aren’t hard to repair by accident—they’re built that way. These…
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Some devices aren’t hard to repair by accident—they’re built that way. These design choices block access, add risk, and push you toward replacement instead of repair. That’s not innovation. That’s planned obsolescence.
Which one annoys you the most? — #iFixit #RightoRepair #FixTheWorld
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@iFixit
"Which one annoys you the most?"
Yes.
@iFixit soldered storage is the worst. Memory is more understandable, since it had a pretty long lifespan, but storage is a wear part!
@iFixit soldered RAM ―as in the Dell Inspirons sold to millions of USA K-to-PhD students― are, hands down the worst. we can add external storage drives. there is no such thing for RAM.
honestly, it should be a crime punishable by a 10% of the total gross worth of a company.
@iFixit i had to repair my friend's motorola edge 50 fusion and had to replace a broken screen.
Those shenanigans glued the battery and put the display flex cable underneath it, and it's so frustrating.
My relative's redmi note 12s gonna need a battery replacement, and it's already complicated to replace it since the back cover needs to be unglued from the frame, but well atleast Xiaomi has a strip to remove the battery gracefully. Disgusting!
@iFixit The "warrant void" sticker doesn't bother me; companies typically make it very difficult to have repair done under warranty so I prefer to fix it myself. Of the rest, glued parts is the most annoying.
@iFixit Gotta be the non modular parts. The other three are easy enough to overcome with the right simple tools or knowledge. But getting around non modular parts is going to take some serious microsoldering skills.
@iFixit I can justify several of these in the name of making the product smaller, lighter, or more elegant (at the expense of repairability). But there’s no reason for stickers, especially if they’re lying or illegal.