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> If your motivation is "the environment" you can always just donate your old laptop If you care about environment make regulator force companies to make repai
by wolvesechoes 1y ago
> If your motivation is "the environment" you can always just donate your old laptop
If you care about environment make regulator force companies to make repairable and upgradeable hardware. That could actually have an impact.
Putting burden on consumer choices is one of the biggest hoaxes of modern capitalism.
- 999900000999 1y agoAll I want is safe to replace batteries and SSDs. Both are wear parts.
- account42 1y agoMany laptops just use regular M.2 SSDs which are easy enough to replace. For me this is a requirement not just for repairs but also for the initial configuration - bundled storage options are usually too limited. Batteries are harder because the race to reduce thickness and weight means that they are usually optimized for that rather than being some standard format you can find replacements for.
- 999900000999 1y agoMacs already don't offer replaceable storage. The new Surface 12 is in the same boat. I'm not a big fan of regulation, but it would be nice to see OEMs offer professional battery replacement at a reasonable price. 100$ would be fair. A lot of really stupid stuff can happen if you try to replace a battery.
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