Show threadKevin Karhan Sep 4, 2025

@meluzzy @wyatt @link And I think it's important to understand that not everyone wants to have an engineering-sample - level of access to the insides.

  • The reason #RaspberryPi's are so popular is because they offer a easy, well documented platform to get shit done, and if I had to setup some cheap #PC classroom (with no access to #surplus / #refurbisher|s nor need to use #amd64 architecture-only software and -devices) I'd propably buy #Pi500 kits and matching screens.
Kevin Karhan Jun 6, 2025

@cesarpose @mrmasterkeyboard depends on the model and #hp has something more sinister:

I literally had this with a client in the past and it's the reason a #refurbisher I know didn't offer RAM-#Upgrades for HP machines at all…

Show threadKevin Karhan Apr 29, 2025

@volcan01010 @ai6yr @0x00string I mean, I know a #refurbisher in my state (#NRW) but they seem to be entrenced as #Microsoft #MAR licensee and not really willing to change course.

  • I may be able to see their older, mostly #B2B & #export offerings and see what in terms of #Linux machines I can snipe.
Show threadOS/1337Jan 26, 2024

@mshelton or better: Look at your #IT #Refurbisher...

Chances are they have a ton of cheap #Lazer multifunction units for less than a full pack of #Ink needed to scan (!!!) with those shitty #Inkjet machines.
https://infosec.space/@OS1337/111822039091897824

Also don't just ditch #hp for printers, but also #PCs and #Laptops, because their #ProBook series of machines do #VendorLocking of #RAM and will refuse to boot without manually confirming by pressing F1 on the devices' keyboard every single bootup (!!!), bricking #PXE-Boot & #WakeOnLAN / #WoL in the process just to #FUD #customers and #IntependentRepair service providers!

The problem is in #IT that #WhatWeAllowIsWhatWillContinue and we allowed Corporations like #Apple to sprearhead the #Enshittification with #GluedInBatteries, #SolderedDownRAM, #SolderedDownSSDs and #AntiRepairDesign!

The only winning move is to refuse to buy such shit!!

Get a @frameworkcomputer and a @fairphone / #Fairphone if #BuyUsed & #UseLonger isn't an option, because in #capitalism, your reciept is your vote - EVERY SINGLE TIME!

#WhatYouAllowIsWhatWillContinue

OS/1337 (@[email protected])

@[email protected] #WhatsMissing: An #OpenSource #Printer Design that can do if not #LED / "#Laser" at least #Inkjet with COTS gylcol-based #ink that doesn't dry up. After all, there are tons of #OpenSourced #3Dprinters on the market, so doing #2Dprinter shoudln't be that hard... All it needs to to is spit #PDF|s on paper! The only reason I still use my #Deskjet6122 is because it refuses to die, it works flawless on #Linux and both ink and 3rd party cartridges are so cheap, it's not worth biting the bullet and buy a chonky Xerox multifunction lazer because it would've to also replace the #OfficejetJ4150 that I still use for scanning... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHX6tHdQGiQ #ItAintBrokeDontReplaceIt #UseLonger #Printers #2Dprinting #Printing #RightToRepair #Reuse

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Show threadKevin Karhan Sep 29, 2023

@EU_Commission @BMWK in fact, I do want to see the day some #Refurbisher is pissed-off enough to press charges against #Apple for #Theft amidst them remote-#bricking devices for no good reason!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZzS2vwDUO9U

If Apple Really Cared About The Environment They Would Stop Doing This

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Kevin Karhan Sep 19, 2023

@marove @computertruhe @ComputertruheMuenchen @ComputertruheBerlin

Also ich kenne sonst nen #Refurbisher der die verwertet.

heise online (inoffiziell)Apr 12, 2022
Besitzer der Apple-Ohrstöpsel können diese mittlerweile mit ihrer Apple-ID verheiraten. Die Wiederaufarbeitung scheitert daran regelmäßig.
"Wo ist?" für AirPods sorgt für Ärger beim Refurbishing
"Wo ist?" für AirPods sorgt für Ärger beim Refurbishing

Besitzer der Apple-Ohrstöpsel können diese mittlerweile mit ihrer Apple-ID verheiraten. Die Wiederaufarbeitung scheitert daran regelmäßig.

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heise online (inoffiziell)Feb 15, 2022
Gebrauchte und generalüberholte iPhones vertreibt das finnische Unternehmen Swappie. Das setzt nun zu weiterem Wachstum an.
Smartphone-Refurbisher Swappie bekommt mehr Geld zum Expandieren
Swappie will nach Finanzspritze weiter wachsen

Gebrauchte und generalüberholte iPhones vertreibt das finnische Unternehmen Swappie. Das neue Geld soll in die Expansion fließen.

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