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I damaged the charging port on my android phone. I paid 20 euros plus shipping for a new bottom module and used the screw driver provided by the manufacturer to

I damaged the charging port on my android phone. I paid 20 euros plus shipping for a new bottom module and used the screw driver provided by the manufacturer to open the phone and replace it. If you care about repairable phones... Buy a repairable phone, instead of a "flagship".

maccard 6y ago
Ah yes, blaming the customer for making an uninformed choice when the information about whether my choice is informed or not isn't available. If repairability was top of my list, I'd be using 4-5 year old device that's proven repairable. Silly me, I tried to be "reliable" and choose a samsung - you know the largest manufacturer of Android phones, and when that didn't work out for me I tried Google - the people who make the software. If your advice to people is to avoid all of the premier manufacturers, I think that shows that the ecosystem has major problems, no?
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- julianmarq 6y ago
  > If your advice to people is to avoid all of the premier manufacturers, I think that shows that the ecosystem has major problems, no? I've seen you try to make this point everywhere in the thread and I can't for the life of me even understand what you mean by this. As a developer, I often reach for open source libraries, tools and platforms before any "premium" offerings (databases are far from the only examples, but they are an obvious one: to wit, Postgres vs Oracle or SQL server), and the OSS options are also the ones I suggest when I'm asked. In another example, my current laptop is from a niche manufacturer instead of by Dell or Apple. So, yeah, I don't understand what you mean by this question. Then again you also say that repairability is not high in your priority list while TFA is explicitly about that so I don't actually understand the general point you're trying to make in this discussion. Seems like you should just use Apple products.

maccard 6y ago

Ah yes, blaming the customer for making an uninformed choice when the information about whether my choice is informed or not isn't available. If repairability was top of my list, I'd be using 4-5 year old device that's proven repairable. Silly me, I tried to be "reliable" and choose a samsung - you know the largest manufacturer of Android phones, and when that didn't work out for me I tried Google - the people who make the software. If your advice to people is to avoid all of the premier manufacturers, I think that shows that the ecosystem has major problems, no?

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julianmarq 6y ago
> If your advice to people is to avoid all of the premier manufacturers, I think that shows that the ecosystem has major problems, no? I've seen you try to make this point everywhere in the thread and I can't for the life of me even understand what you mean by this. As a developer, I often reach for open source libraries, tools and platforms before any "premium" offerings (databases are far from the only examples, but they are an obvious one: to wit, Postgres vs Oracle or SQL server), and the OSS options are also the ones I suggest when I'm asked. In another example, my current laptop is from a niche manufacturer instead of by Dell or Apple. So, yeah, I don't understand what you mean by this question. Then again you also say that repairability is not high in your priority list while TFA is explicitly about that so I don't actually understand the general point you're trying to make in this discussion. Seems like you should just use Apple products.