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> I've repaired tons of my own devices over the years. Many of us have but again, minituarization, specialization and integration means this gradually becomes
by slver 5y ago
> I've repaired tons of my own devices over the years.
Many of us have but again, minituarization, specialization and integration means this gradually becomes impossible.
The age of generic parts is over. Things get built at scale, for a specific purpose, highly integrated, and tiny.
Unless maybe you can chisel out your own SoC replacement from some sand and metal.
- bogwog 5y agoIs this trolling? Did you read past that sentence you quoted?
- slver 5y agoYou replaced a capacitor. Is that supposed to render what I said invalid?
- bogwog 5y ago> Neither "right to repair" nor my original comment advocate for being able to repair your own devices at home. Did you read that part?
- slver 5y agoIt's honestly hard to understand what our discussion is about at this point. I stated initially Rossman is fighting about his ability to buy working parts and doing repair. Now turns out you agree with that. So, I guess that's all.
- danShumway 5y agoThe disagreement is over whether your point changes anything at all about the right to repair movement. Okay, let's say Rossman is fighting for his own ability to do repair. So? That's what we want. Every consumer benefits if there's a competitive repair industry. In particular the people who can't do their own repairs at home benefit from a competitive 3rd-party repair industry. Giving Apple a monopoly over its repair process is bad for consumers. It's bad overall no matter what Apple devices look like, but it's particularly bad if the devices are difficult or impossible to repair at home. The fact that consumer devices are getting harder to repair is exactly why third-party repair shops are so important, and exactly why Rossman's goals align with those of the average consumer. Because as devices get harder to repair, it becomes more important that consumers have access to a wide range of professionals that can do those repairs. I think you're getting pushback because you keep refusing to engage with the arguments that people are making, repeating "the age of generic parts is over", and then acting like that changes something about the current situation. It doesn't. You seem to be missing the connecting logic between your own point and the surrounding debate about right to repair.
- stale2002 5y agoFunny. I was in another conversation with the same user, and they trolled in the same exact way. Harp on their point without actually addressing anything in the response, or original post. Just completely ignore it.
- slver 5y agoYes, that's the right approach, if you can't develop your argument, just jump to another thread and assassinate my character with generalizations.
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- CRConrad 5y agoHonestly, re-read https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27255427 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27255427 and have another think about whether the GP is "assassinat [ing your] character with generalizations" or just simply posting the plain truth. Your debating style, at least judging from what I've seen of it here, does indeed seem to blithely disregard valid responses.