> as long as the specifications are documented So this gets tricky and this is another reason why we can't have nice things. People produce things that look li

> as long as the specifications are documented So this gets tricky and this is another reason why we can't have nice things. People produce things that look like an official thing, behave largely like an official thing but aren't to spec, sometimes with disastrous consequences like the man electrocuted by a shoddy charger [1]. As we've seen from the Samsung Note debacle a bad battery can destroy the device and even cause fires, which could easily result in death. Imagine buying a phone battery on Amazon for your phone. The listing looks legit. The battery looks legit. Maybe that seller is even legit. But how do you really tell if it's not to spec? Maybe you order something that is to spec and because of inventory comingling you get something that isn't. What then? You can say that it's not the phone manufacturer's fault and you may be right but it is likely going to result in a lawsuit the manufacturer would have to defend. Was the phone up to spec? Was there a compliance issue? The battery manufacturer and phone manufacturers will each point fingers at the other. Replaceable parts are huge sources of potential problems so as much as it annoys me (and it does) that I can't upgrade the RAM in may Macbook I sort of get why and how we got here. [1] https://www.ibtimes.com/man-electrocuted-death-while-using-charging-phone-2796290 https://www.ibtimes.com/man-electrocuted-death-while-using-c...