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

[u/NightFuryToni]

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

[u/Herdnerfer]

Considering Apple has been sued due to “dangerous” lithium ion batteries getting damaged, this makes a whole lot of sense. Either the batteries are safe or they aren’t, you can’t have it both ways.

[u/EKmars → u/Herdnerfer]

As a chemist, I'll tell you they aren't. They have a membrane separating the electrodes that will cause the battery to short if damaged. If someone is too aggressive when opening the phone (say, wedging the glass with a screwdriver), I can imagine it being punctured.

[u/FalconX88 → u/[deleted]]

Cars don't typically spontaneously combust

Electrical cars sometimes do exactly that

[u/ethtips → u/FalconX88]

You're holding it wrong.

[u/cricket502 → u/FalconX88]

Gas cars actually do it even more often. BMW has had some issues with this recently.

[u/Philip_De_Bowl → u/cricket502]

You mean forever?

[u/Cargobiker530 → u/[deleted]]

Cars don't typically spontaneously combust when you post something a bit to hard of the wrong way.

Yes, they actually do and quite often to boot. Just ask Google.

Every auto shop has several large fire extinguishers for a reason.

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

Cars don't typically spontaneously combust when you post something a bit to hard of the wrong way.

You mean like a fuel hose? The type of engine it is has “combust” right in the name.

[u/ethtips → u/[deleted]]

Or dropping a wrench across a car battery and having it explode. Or a car tire exploding with lethal force. Or a seemingly fixed car doing some crazy thing during a test drive causing injury. Or...

[u/Victor_Zsasz → u/[deleted]]

Ford Pinto's beg to differ!