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Great experiment, and it looks like a lot of fun. But to be practical, the amount of time + effort + risk required to pull this of would offset any amount of mo
by ben174 10y ago
Great experiment, and it looks like a lot of fun. But to be practical, the amount of time + effort + risk required to pull this of would offset any amount of money saved.
- zuck9 10y agoWhat's the risk?
- sja 10y agoPresumably the risk of screwing up and needing to repurchase certain parts and/or spend more time creating it.
- strictnein 10y agoHis $5 battery exploding
- ben174 10y agoRisk of buying a useless or counterfeit part that doesn't end up working in his build.
- 0x0 10y agoI don't know, is it possible that activating iOS might be rejected because the logic board serial number is blacklisted by Apple for any number of reasons?
- superplussed 10y agoThe monetization made off of Youtube should offset all of that and then some.
- bspn 10y agoYeah, I can imagine him turning this into something similar to the "What's Inside" Family" where the goal isn't so much cost-saving vs exploring how things are made.