[ifixit] We Are Retroactively Dropping the iPhone’s Repairability Score::We need to have a serious chat about iPhone repairability. We judged the phones of yesteryear by how easy they were to take apart—screws, glues, how hard it was…

  • Maggoty@lemmy.world
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    2 years ago

    Honestly, Apples entire business model always meant they should rate a zero. It’s been about making tech disposable for 20 years. Any “repairability” by them is at best a marketing strategy.

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      2 years ago

      Powermacs were user serviceable back when security bits were uncommon. Once you got over the hurdle of buying like a $40 screwdriver, you could service them entirely yourself.

      I’d go so far as to say the earlier iPods were user serviceable. Everything past the iPhone 4 though was a steady downhill without a doubt.