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Some devices aren’t hard to repair by accident—they’re built that way.

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  • ifixit@mastodon.socialI This user is from outside of this forum
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    Some devices aren’t hard to repair by accident—they’re built that way. These design choices block access, add risk, and push you toward replacement instead of repair. That’s not innovation. That's planned obsolescence.

    Which one annoys you the most?
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    #iFixit #RightoRepair #FixTheWorld

    caiocgo@mastodon.worldC perrin42@mastodon.socialP mastosalo@nerdculture.deM olm_e@tchafia.beO vorador@techhub.socialV 15 Replies Last reply
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    • ifixit@mastodon.socialI ifixit@mastodon.social

      Some devices aren’t hard to repair by accident—they’re built that way. These design choices block access, add risk, and push you toward replacement instead of repair. That’s not innovation. That's planned obsolescence.

      Which one annoys you the most?
      —
      #iFixit #RightoRepair #FixTheWorld

      caiocgo@mastodon.worldC This user is from outside of this forum
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      @iFixit Funny how most examples are from one particular company. It is like they are willing to constantly make it difficult for people to open and repair what they bought.

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      • ifixit@mastodon.socialI ifixit@mastodon.social

        Some devices aren’t hard to repair by accident—they’re built that way. These design choices block access, add risk, and push you toward replacement instead of repair. That’s not innovation. That's planned obsolescence.

        Which one annoys you the most?
        —
        #iFixit #RightoRepair #FixTheWorld

        perrin42@mastodon.socialP This user is from outside of this forum
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        #3

        @iFixit

        "Which one annoys you the most?"
        Yes.

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        • ifixit@mastodon.socialI ifixit@mastodon.social

          Some devices aren’t hard to repair by accident—they’re built that way. These design choices block access, add risk, and push you toward replacement instead of repair. That’s not innovation. That's planned obsolescence.

          Which one annoys you the most?
          —
          #iFixit #RightoRepair #FixTheWorld

          mastosalo@nerdculture.deM This user is from outside of this forum
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          @iFixit

          Hard to pick one out of these, but the soldered memory is a big f u to a customer, because that narrows many people out of tinkering.

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          • ifixit@mastodon.socialI ifixit@mastodon.social

            Some devices aren’t hard to repair by accident—they’re built that way. These design choices block access, add risk, and push you toward replacement instead of repair. That’s not innovation. That's planned obsolescence.

            Which one annoys you the most?
            —
            #iFixit #RightoRepair #FixTheWorld

            olm_e@tchafia.beO This user is from outside of this forum
            olm_e@tchafia.beO This user is from outside of this forum
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            @iFixit all of them !!#repaircafe

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            • ifixit@mastodon.socialI ifixit@mastodon.social

              Some devices aren’t hard to repair by accident—they’re built that way. These design choices block access, add risk, and push you toward replacement instead of repair. That’s not innovation. That's planned obsolescence.

              Which one annoys you the most?
              —
              #iFixit #RightoRepair #FixTheWorld

              vorador@techhub.socialV This user is from outside of this forum
              vorador@techhub.socialV This user is from outside of this forum
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              @iFixit Soldered.

              Glue is also annoying since you need solvents but soldered makes impossible to repair unless you have godly microsoldering skills.

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              • ifixit@mastodon.socialI ifixit@mastodon.social

                Some devices aren’t hard to repair by accident—they’re built that way. These design choices block access, add risk, and push you toward replacement instead of repair. That’s not innovation. That's planned obsolescence.

                Which one annoys you the most?
                —
                #iFixit #RightoRepair #FixTheWorld

                shammers@mastodon.coffeeS This user is from outside of this forum
                shammers@mastodon.coffeeS This user is from outside of this forum
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                @iFixit Glue for batteries are the absolute worst

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                • ifixit@mastodon.socialI ifixit@mastodon.social

                  Some devices aren’t hard to repair by accident—they’re built that way. These design choices block access, add risk, and push you toward replacement instead of repair. That’s not innovation. That's planned obsolescence.

                  Which one annoys you the most?
                  —
                  #iFixit #RightoRepair #FixTheWorld

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                  geomaster337@mastodon.social
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                  @iFixit soldered storage is the worst. Memory is more understandable, since it had a pretty long lifespan, but storage is a wear part!

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                  • ifixit@mastodon.socialI ifixit@mastodon.social

                    Some devices aren’t hard to repair by accident—they’re built that way. These design choices block access, add risk, and push you toward replacement instead of repair. That’s not innovation. That's planned obsolescence.

                    Which one annoys you the most?
                    —
                    #iFixit #RightoRepair #FixTheWorld

                    clanger9@mastodon.onlineC This user is from outside of this forum
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                    Glued/welded cases. Dammit, at least let me open the thing up without destroying it!

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                    • ifixit@mastodon.socialI ifixit@mastodon.social

                      Some devices aren’t hard to repair by accident—they’re built that way. These design choices block access, add risk, and push you toward replacement instead of repair. That’s not innovation. That's planned obsolescence.

                      Which one annoys you the most?
                      —
                      #iFixit #RightoRepair #FixTheWorld

                      blogdiva@mastodon.socialB This user is from outside of this forum
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                      @iFixit soldered RAM ―as in the Dell Inspirons sold to millions of USA K-to-PhD students― are, hands down the worst. we can add external storage drives. there is no such thing for RAM.

                      honestly, it should be a crime punishable by a 10% of the total gross worth of a company.

                      acsawdey@fosstodon.orgA steter@mastodon.stevesworld.coS 2 Replies Last reply
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                      • ifixit@mastodon.socialI ifixit@mastodon.social

                        Some devices aren’t hard to repair by accident—they’re built that way. These design choices block access, add risk, and push you toward replacement instead of repair. That’s not innovation. That's planned obsolescence.

                        Which one annoys you the most?
                        —
                        #iFixit #RightoRepair #FixTheWorld

                        julienhillairet@piaille.frJ This user is from outside of this forum
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                        @iFixit
                        All Nespresso or Dyson devices...

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                        • ifixit@mastodon.socialI ifixit@mastodon.social

                          Some devices aren’t hard to repair by accident—they’re built that way. These design choices block access, add risk, and push you toward replacement instead of repair. That’s not innovation. That's planned obsolescence.

                          Which one annoys you the most?
                          —
                          #iFixit #RightoRepair #FixTheWorld

                          jake4480@c.imJ This user is from outside of this forum
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                          @iFixit HIDDEN SCREWS 😡🤬😡🤬😡

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                          • ifixit@mastodon.socialI ifixit@mastodon.social

                            Some devices aren’t hard to repair by accident—they’re built that way. These design choices block access, add risk, and push you toward replacement instead of repair. That’s not innovation. That's planned obsolescence.

                            Which one annoys you the most?
                            —
                            #iFixit #RightoRepair #FixTheWorld

                            pikulpaisel@mastodon.socialP This user is from outside of this forum
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                            @iFixit i had to repair my friend's motorola edge 50 fusion and had to replace a broken screen.
                            Those shenanigans glued the battery and put the display flex cable underneath it, and it's so frustrating.

                            My relative's redmi note 12s gonna need a battery replacement, and it's already complicated to replace it since the back cover needs to be unglued from the frame, but well atleast Xiaomi has a strip to remove the battery gracefully. Disgusting!

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                            • ifixit@mastodon.socialI ifixit@mastodon.social

                              Some devices aren’t hard to repair by accident—they’re built that way. These design choices block access, add risk, and push you toward replacement instead of repair. That’s not innovation. That's planned obsolescence.

                              Which one annoys you the most?
                              —
                              #iFixit #RightoRepair #FixTheWorld

                              toranpetto@troet.cafeT This user is from outside of this forum
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                              @iFixit

                              The soldered SMD parts exclude everyone without really expensive equipment, even small repair shops and volunteer repair cafés cannot afford them.

                              Next is the glue

                              Hidden screws I find with #ifixit help. First wanted to write "your", but as an active contributor I could also say "our".

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                              • ifixit@mastodon.socialI ifixit@mastodon.social

                                Some devices aren’t hard to repair by accident—they’re built that way. These design choices block access, add risk, and push you toward replacement instead of repair. That’s not innovation. That's planned obsolescence.

                                Which one annoys you the most?
                                —
                                #iFixit #RightoRepair #FixTheWorld

                                log@mastodon.sdf.orgL This user is from outside of this forum
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                                @iFixit "Security" screws. They could have been slot-head, cross-head, or hexagon-head, but manufacturer decided to be cute and make something proprietary that is probably just "use a precision flathead very carefully" to remove.

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                                • blogdiva@mastodon.socialB blogdiva@mastodon.social

                                  @iFixit soldered RAM ―as in the Dell Inspirons sold to millions of USA K-to-PhD students― are, hands down the worst. we can add external storage drives. there is no such thing for RAM.

                                  honestly, it should be a crime punishable by a 10% of the total gross worth of a company.

                                  acsawdey@fosstodon.orgA This user is from outside of this forum
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                                  @blogdiva @iFixit I wonder if we will ever get CXL pice-attached memory support in any kind of commodity device ... it would be lower performance than main memory but a lot better than even flash storage. Just thinking of all the weird PCIe hacks people have done to attach GPUs to stuff, this would be in the same category.

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                                  • blogdiva@mastodon.socialB blogdiva@mastodon.social

                                    @iFixit soldered RAM ―as in the Dell Inspirons sold to millions of USA K-to-PhD students― are, hands down the worst. we can add external storage drives. there is no such thing for RAM.

                                    honestly, it should be a crime punishable by a 10% of the total gross worth of a company.

                                    steter@mastodon.stevesworld.coS This user is from outside of this forum
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                                    @blogdiva @iFixit This is caused by people in suits who will tell you that the cost of a single socket, multiplied by a million orders, will somehow end all sales and destroy the company. I have had such discussions with people who will not listen to reason, and think a penny, times a million, is a billion dollars, so we shipped crap instead of quality. 🤷‍♂️

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                                    • ifixit@mastodon.socialI ifixit@mastodon.social

                                      Some devices aren’t hard to repair by accident—they’re built that way. These design choices block access, add risk, and push you toward replacement instead of repair. That’s not innovation. That's planned obsolescence.

                                      Which one annoys you the most?
                                      —
                                      #iFixit #RightoRepair #FixTheWorld

                                      mochi@retro.pizzaM This user is from outside of this forum
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                                      @iFixit Hidden screws are annoying, but if there are guides, that's something you can deal with. Glue can be dissolved with some alcohol, and you can get it at most pharmacies. Soldered chips requires specialized equipment and training to repair, which means you can't expect the average person to just follow a guide. I'd say soldered down components is the biggest obstacle for home repairs.

                                      I have the equipment and skill to repair these, but even I get annoyed when I have to spend quite a bit of time to upgrade the SSD when M.2 can be upgraded in seconds and doesn't take much space anyway (Apple is especially bad with this, and use it to overcharge their customers), soldered RAM is more common for laptops, but with LPCAMM2, there's no excuse to solder RAM on the board when you're trying to hit the highest performance.

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