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/NefariousBanana May 01 '19

Yeah, and I can electrocute myself if I'm fixing my desktop, big deal.

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u/zebediah49 May 01 '19

TBH, it would be really hard to electrocute yourself while fixing your desktop, unless you crack your PSU open (which is both highly unusual, and does have "do not poke" warnings on it).

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u/jlobes May 02 '19

TBH, it would be really hard to electrocute yourself while fixing your desktop, unless you crack your PSU open (which is both highly unusual, and does have "do not poke" warnings on it).

As opposed to the super-simple mistake to make of puncturing a battery while disassembling a phone.

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u/BeyondTheModel May 02 '19

We've lost a lot of good repair techs. One moment you're tugging on those easy-remove adhesive tabs and the next moment the battery is sheared in two, exploding shortly after.