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People aren't stupid, they know the shops exist and the risk associated with third party repair. It's not first party manufacturers or government's job to mitig
by qppo 6y ago
People aren't stupid, they know the shops exist and the risk associated with third party repair. It's not first party manufacturers or government's job to mitigate that risk or convince people its acceptable for the price - that's the job of the repair shop.
- Nextgrid 6y agoA lot of the risks are caused by the status-quo. There are indeed more risks if the devices are built not to be repaired (adhesive vs reusable fasteners, serialized parts so unknown software of dubious origin has to be used to reprogram them, etc) than if the devices were built with repairability in mind.
- hansvm 6y agoThey aren't stupid, but they don't often have any good reason to know such shops exist or that their specific problem (e.g. phone dies quickly after charging) can be quickly and cheaply fixed at such a place and doesn't require purchasing the latest and greatest iDevice. In the last year I've taught a half-dozen non-technical acquaintances that such shops exist, and they all opted for the repair route instead of a new phone.