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iFixit has been acquired by Apple

40 points by milesf 13y ago

msie 13y ago
Um, I've been meaning to buy some tools to fix my iMac. I hope they stick around until I can afford them. What bad luck I've been getting lately. :-(
- elemeno 13y ago
  Given the date today I'd be tempted to not take the accouncement too seriously - it is April Fools Day after all.
  - msie 13y ago
    D'oh! I am relieved and kicking myself at the same time!
timpattinson 13y ago
"Apple is working hard to make devices last long enough to be upgraded or irrelevant, making repairability an antiquated notion"
Doctor_Fegg 13y ago
Marvellous. From http://www.ifixit.com/smartphone_replaceability http://www.ifixit.com/smartphone_replaceability: "Last generation design makes the iPhone 4S ugly and worthless, increasing upgrade appeal."
rdl 13y ago
Could we kill all of the stupid April Fools' articles?
- dang 13y ago
  What a coincidence: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7506793 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7506793 Could you all take care of this one as test case, please? (Edit: That was harsher than I should have been. Sorry.)
  - zbowling 13y ago
    Seems a bit unnecessary.
    - dang 13y ago
      You mean piling on a specific case? You're right. That was a mistake. It's going to take me a while to get my balance with the public moderation thing, and I overdid it in this case. Sorry to all and especially the OP.
- antihero 13y ago
  Oh loosen up. I find it's something a bit different to look forward to one day a year. It's never the height of comic genius, no, but it's a bit of fun in an otherwise pretty dry industry.
  - zimpenfish 13y ago
    Thing is, though, it's the same jokes every year and after 25 years of Internetting, it's thoroughly damned boring and tedious.
    - antihero 13y ago
      This is what the down arrow is for. If enough people agree with you, then these articles will not appear on the front page. Problem solved.
      - zimpenfish 13y ago
        Sadly, I have no down arrow (yet) and flagging seems over the top.
      - ColinWright 13y ago
        There is no ability to down-vote submissions.
- zimpenfish 13y ago
  Just consider April Fools' articles as a handy guide to people you should unfollow, sites to remove from RSS, businesses to not give your money to, etc.
sz4kerto 13y ago
BTW, I bet someone could claim market manipulation and win a lawsuit (if he could somehow prove that the April 1st joke was too credible and it affected share prices, for example). I hope everyone has some sense of humor, though.
dmak 13y ago
I have a feeling they're just going to kill them off since it seems more like bad PR when they score Apple products.
eik3_de 13y ago
brilliant and so spot-on. Don't forget the all-new Smartphone Replaceability Index: http://www.ifixit.com/smartphone_replaceability http://www.ifixit.com/smartphone_replaceability Why bother with repairing a device when you can just replace it with a new one?
roeme 13y ago
Calling April Fools. Well done, but basic premise is just too obvious.
ernusame 13y ago
Love that they've taken inspiration from http://ourincrediblejourney.tumblr.com/ http://ourincrediblejourney.tumblr.com/
andyjohnson0 13y ago
Looks like an April fool joke: https://twitter.com/kwiens/status/450894251992162304 https://twitter.com/kwiens/status/450894251992162304
jmnicolas 13y ago
Totally forgot about April's fools ... glad that it's (probably) not true as I don't see Apple keeping a company like iFixit.
gutnor 13y ago
http://www.ifixit.com/smartphone_replaceability http://www.ifixit.com/smartphone_replaceability I like clear guideline instead of stupid self repair nobody care about, thanks Apple for fixing iFixit. "iPhone 5: Your battery should be dead by now. Time to replace your phone." I knew it, I needed to go to the Apple store.

40 points by milesf 13y ago

msie 13y ago

Um, I've been meaning to buy some tools to fix my iMac. I hope they stick around until I can afford them. What bad luck I've been getting lately. :-(

elemeno 13y ago
Given the date today I'd be tempted to not take the accouncement too seriously - it is April Fools Day after all.
- msie 13y ago
  D'oh! I am relieved and kicking myself at the same time!

timpattinson 13y ago

"Apple is working hard to make devices last long enough to be upgraded or irrelevant, making repairability an antiquated notion"

Doctor_Fegg 13y ago

Marvellous. From http://www.ifixit.com/smartphone_replaceability http://www.ifixit.com/smartphone_replaceability: "Last generation design makes the iPhone 4S ugly and worthless, increasing upgrade appeal."

rdl 13y ago

Could we kill all of the stupid April Fools' articles?

dang 13y ago
What a coincidence: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7506793 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7506793 Could you all take care of this one as test case, please? (Edit: That was harsher than I should have been. Sorry.)
- zbowling 13y ago
  Seems a bit unnecessary.
  - dang 13y ago
    You mean piling on a specific case? You're right. That was a mistake. It's going to take me a while to get my balance with the public moderation thing, and I overdid it in this case. Sorry to all and especially the OP.
antihero 13y ago
Oh loosen up. I find it's something a bit different to look forward to one day a year. It's never the height of comic genius, no, but it's a bit of fun in an otherwise pretty dry industry.
- zimpenfish 13y ago
  Thing is, though, it's the same jokes every year and after 25 years of Internetting, it's thoroughly damned boring and tedious.
  - antihero 13y ago
    This is what the down arrow is for. If enough people agree with you, then these articles will not appear on the front page. Problem solved.
    - zimpenfish 13y ago
      Sadly, I have no down arrow (yet) and flagging seems over the top.
    - ColinWright 13y ago
      There is no ability to down-vote submissions.
zimpenfish 13y ago
Just consider April Fools' articles as a handy guide to people you should unfollow, sites to remove from RSS, businesses to not give your money to, etc.

sz4kerto 13y ago

BTW, I bet someone could claim market manipulation and win a lawsuit (if he could somehow prove that the April 1st joke was too credible and it affected share prices, for example). I hope everyone has some sense of humor, though.

dmak 13y ago

I have a feeling they're just going to kill them off since it seems more like bad PR when they score Apple products.

eik3_de 13y ago

brilliant and so spot-on. Don't forget the all-new Smartphone Replaceability Index: http://www.ifixit.com/smartphone_replaceability http://www.ifixit.com/smartphone_replaceability Why bother with repairing a device when you can just replace it with a new one?

roeme 13y ago

Calling April Fools. Well done, but basic premise is just too obvious.

ernusame 13y ago

Love that they've taken inspiration from http://ourincrediblejourney.tumblr.com/ http://ourincrediblejourney.tumblr.com/

andyjohnson0 13y ago

Looks like an April fool joke: https://twitter.com/kwiens/status/450894251992162304 https://twitter.com/kwiens/status/450894251992162304

jmnicolas 13y ago

Totally forgot about April's fools ... glad that it's (probably) not true as I don't see Apple keeping a company like iFixit.

gutnor 13y ago

http://www.ifixit.com/smartphone_replaceability http://www.ifixit.com/smartphone_replaceability I like clear guideline instead of stupid self repair nobody care about, thanks Apple for fixing iFixit. "iPhone 5: Your battery should be dead by now. Time to replace your phone." I knew it, I needed to go to the Apple store.