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by bzzzt 3y ago
"Providing the user with more information is fine and not anti repair imo. If the user boots the phone and sees a bunch of non-genuine warnings, they can know to steer clear of buying the device." You're assuming a technical,
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by bzzzt 3y ago
It's meant to protect the base OS from persistent malware infections. https://support.apple.com/en-us/102149
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by bzzzt 3y ago
It's not you can magically repair any Apple phone if only they made parts replaceable. The tiny amount of phones that can't be repaired due to 'world unstability' is probably irrelevant to the general climate/enviro
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by bzzzt 3y ago
You're not counting the energy costs of producing the DVD's, shipping, storage and all the people involved who have to travel to work etc.
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by bzzzt 3y ago
Apple supports and repairs phones for a long time. It's not about sustainability, it's about the price Apple charges for repairs. What is so sustainable about having and using the right to mount a cheap, bad battery that will have
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by bzzzt 3y ago
It's not the parts that are locked, it's the phone that wants specific parts. If you give people the possibility to change their phones to accept other parts you instantly create a market for stolen parts. Maybe Apple should lock
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by bzzzt 3y ago
It's the other way around: the phone only wants to talk to the parts it shipped with. Not with some knock-off battery that will also be dead in 6 months or TFT replacement screen for an OLED phone.
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by bzzzt 3y ago
Technically "reuse" means wholesale reuse of components, shredding them would be recycling. But you're right. The whole right-to-repair is just lobbying from independent iPhone repair companies who want to make a quick buck a
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by bzzzt 3y ago
Something like Debezium? https://debezium.io
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by bzzzt 3y ago
I think it's dishonest to call Apple devices not repairable because Apple offers a lot of repair options. If you want to promote independent repair centers and non-Apple repairs just state that. Otherwise you're just an independen
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by bzzzt 3y ago
Everyone defending the X11 protocol nowadays should be forced to write at least one GUI app using just Xlib and Xt. I don't believe people are invested in the X protocol per se, but more the Xorg implementation that still offers a few
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by bzzzt 3y ago
Your ability to classify everyone who doesn't agree with you as an "Apple fanboy" is equally amazing to me.
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by bzzzt 3y ago
If all you're doing is comparing specs Apple is never a good deal.
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by bzzzt 3y ago
Because requirements change and you can't keep API's sane when only bolting on new functionality. You can disagree about the support timeframe, but in 10-15 years time we've gotten used to high resolution screens, HDR, HFR, m
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by bzzzt 3y ago
Depends on what you call the majority. Studio's want to keep shot footage that can be used for AI and not compensate actors for subsequent usage. That's a competitive advantage and saving costs that could (in theory) be passed dow
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by bzzzt 3y ago
> how's having a monopoly even on weather apps good to consumers? Having to pay for development and maintenance for 50 competing weather apps could mean higher prices for everybody. Also, third party apps have a tendency to 'bl
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by bzzzt 3y ago
All new EU cars since 5 years ago are obligated to have 'eCall' which contacts emergency services in case of a crash. Most manufacturers solve that problem by including a 4G module. Older cars also collect information. Most dealer
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by bzzzt 3y ago
There's more to a display than a panel. I don't think the raw panel has latency at all; probably only a pixel transition time which defines the fastest possible response but that is far less than 100ms. The rest is up to the &#x27
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by bzzzt 3y ago
The only reason we have cheap high-resolution 4K monitors is they use the same panels as TV screens. If TV's don't move to 8K, cheap monitors also won't.
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by bzzzt 3y ago
You were too late ;), by the time ATA/133 was standard almost all drives supported (Ultra)DMA which meant the host CPU didn't have to 'bit bang' the data anymore. The fastest drives (Seagate Cheetah) did 15K RPM which re
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by bzzzt 3y ago
Tried that back in the days, burnt out my power supply. Those 10k SCSI drives used a fair amount of electricity especially while starting up...
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by bzzzt 3y ago
Even when it's your own house that is on fire?
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by bzzzt 3y ago
Dutch courts don't accept the excuse that you don't know, you're supposed to know the law and do a bit of research in what the normal price and suppliers of goods are. It's comparable to buying a bicycle worth 800 euro f
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by bzzzt 3y ago
XC70 boot has 575 liter capacity, C40 419 liter. Even the new V90 has a smaller boot than an old XC70 (and a smaller hatch which is less convenient).
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by bzzzt 3y ago
Are you arguing every information void should be filled? If things are not there, there should be no results. Not spam or other inaccurate stuff that doesn't help anyone.
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by bzzzt 3y ago
Lots of countries don't. In the Netherlands, it was allowed but later changed to prohibit 'downloading from clearly illegal sources'.
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by bzzzt 3y ago
> Traditionally, they have put very little care into video games on their desktop grade machines. MacOS got lots of OpenGL fixes around 2010 when Steam for Mac launched. Problem was most Macs at the time didn't have competitive grap
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by bzzzt 3y ago
I knew of a few people who got OS/2 as a pack-in with a new PC clone from a big store chain in that time (it was Escom I believe). Apparently, IBM also tried bundling as a way to increase market share.
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by bzzzt 3y ago
Apple does care about government espionage, especially for journalists, human rights activists. But if a government can hack a device, so can criminals or people trying to make a quick buck by 'refurbishing' the phones with fake p
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by bzzzt 3y ago
That's why we pay taxes in the EU...

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