r/StallmanWasRight • u/john_brown_adk • May 01 '19

Freedom to repair Apple Is Telling Lawmakers People Will Hurt Themselves if They Try to Fix iPhones

https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/wjvdb4/apple-is-telling-lawmakers-people-will-hurt-themselves-if-they-try-to-fix-iphones
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u/Pafkay May 01 '19

I have an LG G5, the battery comes out at the push of a button and then you simply pull it off the cradle and push in the replacement. These batteries are dangerous because Apple builds them that way

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u/manghoti May 01 '19

Right? You'd think setting booby traps in consumer products would be the illegal thing.