Kevin Karhan 
There is NO VALID REASON to glue-in batteries and not make them user-serviceable!
Unless you're an #AntiRepair #asshole #corporation like #Apple!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWRKZpvf3Uo&t=223s
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Compare that to @Fairphone that don't do that bs:
Fairphone 4 Teardown: If Only Apple Made Phones Like This…
@Fairphone Granted I still criticise them for all the right reasons, like basically #dowgrading their devices in terms of #Functionality [no real #DualSIM, no #HeadphoneJack,] compared to #FP3plus I do own and use...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWcfqV0fOeY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWcfqV0fOeY
Fairphone 3+ how to use and replace parts | Fairphone
Personally, #ToolfreeSwappable & #RemoveableBatteries are a non-negotiable #MustHave for me...
https://youtu.be/YWcfqV0fOeY?t=74
https://youtu.be/YWcfqV0fOeY?t=74
Fairphone 3+ how to use and replace parts | Fairphone
Granted I'd also accept a more #THICC & #Chonky design with like a #DzusFastener to hold the battery in place...
Like some #Iridium #SatellitePhone:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZWN65NqNOc
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dzus_fastener#Uses
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And to be honest, for any phone that costs 4 digits I expect it to be as #repariable & #rugged as a 13+ year old #SatellitePhone at it's release...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjkNPvzCRKg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjkNPvzCRKg
Iridium 9555 Satellite Phone
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Cuz noone should accept #Unrepariable devices!
This is how a #BatteryChange should be on every #Phone - smart or stupid!
https://youtu.be/h595zUGZINk?t=33
Iridium Extreme Battery and SIM Card Installation : BlueCosmo
And yes, #Apple's #AntiRepair should be illegal simply for being #AntiCompetition and an extra #Asshole Move designed to create 100% avoidable #eWaste for their corporate #Profit.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2WhU77ihw8&t=290s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2WhU77ihw8&t=290s
iPhone 14 Pro Programmed To Reject Repair - Teardown and Repair Assessment
Imagine if your car refuses to start without having an external jumpstarter connected and even then would only drive 30 km/h just BECAUSE you went to a car repair shop around the corner to have the windshield fixed BEFORE the nick would create a huge crack and every cop would pull you over and force you to get your car towed and fixed as it's not road-legal to drive with a cracked windscreen!
People would start throwing Molotovs at car dealerships!
#sarcasm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVG93ZsFf8w&t=9s
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Since #Apple's devices are literally designed to be #fragile, I do think it's safe to assume if not demand that having parts from a donor machine should allow one to fix an issue...
Just like on any major brand laptop.
Even #hp and it's #ProBook #Laptops with their #FUD-based #VendorLock for #RAM that literally bricks #PXE and remote/headless/timer-based booting don't literally lock up unbootable if you were to take a differen ProBook's RAM sticks, WIFI, WWAN, SSD, Keyboard, Screen.
And just like #Apple normalized non-#ToolfreeSwappableBatteries, non-#UpgradeableRAM and non-#ReplaceableSSD's as middle fingers against #consumers, they #AntiRepair efforts and #Enshittification gets normalized and thus more widespread.
THUS THIS IS A PROBLEM FOR EVERYOINE!
https://mstdn.social/@kkarhan/110801575297716030
Kevin Karhan :verified: (@[email protected])
@[email protected] Yeah, and whilst I use a @[email protected] / #Fairphone #FP3plus, the problem is that #Apple's #Enshittification is being normalized due to lack of #backclash from most consumers [aka. people still buy that shit anyway!] and regulators [aka. #WhatYouAllowIsWhatWillContinue!] against those actions! https://mstdn.social/@kkarhan/110800984335464256
#WhatYouAllowIsWhatWillContinue applies here...
I mean, #Microsoft not only copied #Apple but also upped their game.
On #Surface #Tablets one needs risk destroying the screen to swap out the #battery that will INEVITABLY DIE OVER TIME AND USE!
The Microsoft Surface Pro 5 Teardown
OFC the #SurfaceLaptop did that same bs with a glued-on top!
Microsoft Surface Laptop Teardown!
#Microsoft had to - in part - concede since #Windows-based #IT departments just refused to #buy #SurfaceLaptop|s without the ability to remove and #KeepYourDrive [#KYD] as is customary for decades...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpXizbzeRoc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpXizbzeRoc
Surface Laptop 3 (13.5 inch) Teardown-Still the Least Repairable Laptop Ever???
Personally, if I had to buy a #Laptop, it would be a @frameworkcomputer since the #NUCbook isn't ready...
And I'd encourage others to also make that choice.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vx-Lggf2TXc
It's just that it's missing a #ToolfreeSwappableBattery as essential & non-negotiable feature for me!
New Laptop Brand Shocked Whole Computer Industry - Framework Laptop - Teardown And Repair Assessment
But back to #AntiRepair:
Seriously, which gulible #TechIlliterates buy such shitty devices at MSRP?
Microsoft Surface Go Teardown!
Not to mention it's an absolute #AssholeMove by all #Laptop manufacturers to not have a #ToolfreeSwappableBattery on their device!
Because there is no valid reason for that shit, when #Panasonic #Toughbook CF-19 were #waterproof with toolfree swappable battery and devices like the #Sony #Vaio #P11Z were thin & light yet had toolfree-swappable batteries...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VsNwDbYnGu0
and yes #batteries should be #ToolfreeSwappable for #safety reasons alone!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCaDz_2YcGQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCaDz_2YcGQ
Louis' front door goes BOOM courtesy of UnitPackPower battery.
https://tinyurl.com/rossmatrixLet's get Right to Repair passed! https://gofund.me/1cba2545I bought a unit pack power battery. I used it to less than 40% its ...
Not just because kids may destroy shit...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTqA3hjcqeU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTqA3hjcqeU
EU demands video game system batteries be EASILY USER REPAIRABLE - GOOD!
But because #LithiumIon / #LiPo, #LiCo / #Lithium - #Cobalt #batteries will INEVITABLY FAIL OVER TIME AND USE!
Not making shit #repairable is literally putting people's #health, #safety and the #envoirement [#reuse & #repair are always better than #recycle!] behind #profit!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yn-R39-dtc0
EU votes to mandate removable batteries in smartphones in a landslide; no more glued together junk!
Espechally #Google's #WebDRM bullshit...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0i0Ho-x7s_U
#DRM is always bad - period!
Google's attempt to DRM the web should fail
We live in a #ClimateCrisis and making shit last less and be less #repairable is more harmful than the #envoirment than if we'd remove all #SpeedLimits around the globe.
And no, a national #SpeedLimit on Germany's highway won't solve Climate Crisis compared to allowing people to #WorkFromHome whereever technically possible and refuse to make #FTTB / #FTTH a must-provide utility like #electricity, a #phone line and #DrinkingWater!
And no, I'm not discussibg this #fact.
Make #PublicTransport more #accessible and remove reasons for people to #drive if not #commute and start taxing #cars based off #dimensions and #deadweight will do more for the envoirment - period!
Kevin Karhan :verified: (@[email protected])
Content warning: Inconvenient Truth that is also a Hot Take
Thread muted due to too many bs replies.
https://mstdn.social/@kkarhan/110801711310718956
https://mstdn.social/@kkarhan/110801711310718956
Kevin Karhan :verified: (@[email protected])
Content warning: Inconvenient Truth that is also a Hot Take
Wilfried Klaebe@kkarhan But finally introducing a speed limit in Germany too will mean cars only need to have brakes for that speed, frames for that speed, etc, which saves mass, which reduces fine particles from tire wear, ...
Also, every gram of CO2 counts.
Also, every gram of CO2 counts.
@wonka I think that is naive since just because it isn't illegal doesn't mean every car can drive >130km/h...
https://mstdn.social/@kkarhan/110802465621106915
https://mstdn.social/@kkarhan/110802465621106915
Kevin Karhan :verified: (@[email protected])
@[email protected] considering the amount of easier or at the very least systemically more useful things to do, I'd argue that accessible #PublicTransport and making railways more attractive would have a more lasting impact that something that by it's very nature is pushing more harm than good. Or do you really expect such a limit to be used for anything but racial profiling and selective enforcement as well as repression?
@wonka ...nor that it'll stop people from driving obscene #SuperUselessVehicles that are inefficient as hell...
Mattias SchlenkerI mean even #Iridium does allow for easy removal of batteries in their devices, and those are rugged af...
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I mean, look at the amount of 100% avoidable #eWaste saved here:
15 FREE MacBooks - School Tossed them out! - Lets fix them!
Sebastien 🌍 🇵🇸🇺🇦 @kkarhan the devices are also build to be secure that’s why they are not designed like any major brand laptop 🤷🏽♂️
@SebastienK that claim doesn't hold water considering the unfixable mess of #AMD64 / #ix86 and the unfixable #bloat that is #UEFI.
Instead they literally made an #Outlook-#Clone as #EFI-App!
https://gekk.info/articles/hp-quickweb.htm
@kkarhan sure like your baseless claims about Prism. You do realise Snowden now works for Putin? 😂
@SebastienK doesn't mean his claims were wrong.
It's only Europe's Cowardice amd Putin's opportunism that caused him to be stuck there.
Or another Example:
Just because I do condemn RMS for beibg the pedo-apologist and sexist asshole that toxifies tech doesn't mean he's wrong regarding DRM or paywalled toilets.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2SKenHRhMg
Some things don't mutually exclude each other!
Why Richard Stallman's Return to the FSF Is Not To Be Celebrated ...
Elaine (they/she) 💜🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈@kkarhan I am now a Google Pixel user. Apple can't abuse me any more. At least on the software side. I know Android isn't much better although far as I am aware it doesn't check the part serial numbers and refuse to boot if you replace your screen. Apple now 😬😬😬
@elaine Yeah, and whilst I use a @Fairphone / #Fairphone #FP3plus, the problem is that #Apple's #Enshittification is being normalized due to lack of #backclash from most consumers [aka. people still buy that shit anyway!] and regulators [aka. #WhatYouAllowIsWhatWillContinue!] against those actions!
Kevin Karhan :verified: (@[email protected])
Compare that to @[email protected] that don't do that bs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Uq1v64_RCA
i mean the other issue is we've normalized a culture where people will take out loans to buy phones. This encourages corporations to spend in the wrong area thanks to hyper profit.
@elaine EXACTLY!