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Some of their proposals are just the product of people who have no concept of how technology works. Hell some of it reads like an anti-Apple manifesto being tha

Some of their proposals are just the product of people who have no concept of how technology works. Hell some of it reads like an anti-Apple manifesto being that they integrate battery and LED and such. What would a tablet with a user replaceable battery look like? How many years must they last before they are long lasting? If a battery in a laptop last four years for a nominal charge is that sufficient? With regards to products like cars where the makeup can come from hundreds of manufactures who decides what needs to adhere to the rules and what doesn't? Someone posted about a cracked screen on a radio, how far down the component tree do we go before we stop? I do like one section, no software should enable the fixing of a user owned product. The exception would be software that locks out repairs that might allow for unauthorized access; what I mean is that this could be an end run to making touch id easily hacked by government by forcing it to be serviced by third parties.

Dylan16807 9y ago
> What would a tablet with a user replaceable battery look like? https://www.ifixit.com/tablet-repairability https://www.ifixit.com/tablet-repairability It looks about the same as any other tablet, but with non-fragile latches holding it shut and no glue anywhere. > If a battery in a laptop last four years for a nominal charge is that sufficient? No, the consumer should be able to replace the battery every few years and keep using it for over a decade, assuming a typical situation where nothing else breaks.
macawfish 9y ago
Apple's marketing material reads like an anti-sustainability manifesto.
ksk 9y ago
>Hell some of it reads like an anti-Apple manifesto being that they integrate battery and LED and such. Maybe because you are unfamiliar with other companies that do the same? Recently the little magnet on my 5-6 year old iPad that holds the case has become weak. The ipad itself, works great. Its already out of warranty and it doesn't take a genius to popup open a case and put a new magnet in (instructions to do so are already on ifixit). But the supply of parts is intentionally prohibited by Apple, making such simple repairs impossible. While this regulation is addressing a different issue, citizens should be doing much more to penalize such anti-consumer behavior.

Dylan16807 9y ago

> What would a tablet with a user replaceable battery look like? https://www.ifixit.com/tablet-repairability https://www.ifixit.com/tablet-repairability It looks about the same as any other tablet, but with non-fragile latches holding it shut and no glue anywhere. > If a battery in a laptop last four years for a nominal charge is that sufficient? No, the consumer should be able to replace the battery every few years and keep using it for over a decade, assuming a typical situation where nothing else breaks.

macawfish 9y ago

Apple's marketing material reads like an anti-sustainability manifesto.

ksk 9y ago

>Hell some of it reads like an anti-Apple manifesto being that they integrate battery and LED and such. Maybe because you are unfamiliar with other companies that do the same? Recently the little magnet on my 5-6 year old iPad that holds the case has become weak. The ipad itself, works great. Its already out of warranty and it doesn't take a genius to popup open a case and put a new magnet in (instructions to do so are already on ifixit). But the supply of parts is intentionally prohibited by Apple, making such simple repairs impossible. While this regulation is addressing a different issue, citizens should be doing much more to penalize such anti-consumer behavior.