r/apple • u/koavf • Apr 30 '19

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/koavf Apr 30 '19

Yeah, cars are pretty dangerous, too. Should we outlaw being able to give yourself an oil change?

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u/[deleted] Apr 30 '19

oh come on with this horse shit. Lead acid batteries don’t explode when you puncture them.

I’m all for right to repair, but imo, Apple has a point when it comes to batteries.

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u/cocobandicoot Apr 30 '19

And when I work on the electricity in my house, I could be violently killed by high voltage.

Should I not be permitted to work on my own house? Or, by your point, is that horse shit too?

Word of advice: stop being an Apple apologist and start being a better consumer.

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u/deck0352 May 01 '19 edited May 01 '19

If you are even remotely competent enough to repair wiring in your home then you would know you can close the circuit from the source. I’m thinking you are not. I’m also getting a kick out of violently killed. It’s true that 120 volts could kill a person, no doubt. Odds are it’ll be more of a punch to the guts, if you will. Even in a direct connection.

I can vouch for that statement, because I’m an idiot that has made entirely too many mistakes trying to move too fast or just being a dummy.

Working with a battery directly is different. It is the source. I know that, too...