#RightToRepair has no cannier, more dedicated adversary than #apple whose most innovative work is dreaming up new ways to sneakily sabotage repair while claiming to be a caring environmental steward, a lie that covers up the mountains of #ewaste that Apple dooms our descendants to wade through.
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En 2022, j'ai été interviewé par HOP afin de répondre à des questions et donner mon point de vue en tant que réparateur et surtout personne luttant contre les déchets, sur les segments Smartphones, tablettes et ordinateurs. Content de retrouver quelques points qui me parle et vivement 2024 que l'indice de durabilité rentre en vigueur, qui sera bien plus représentatif que l'indice de réparabilité.
Before the current epidemic of disposable vape pens, Poundland used to sell these disposable phone chargers which had a 650mAh #lithiumPolymer battery connected to a DC-DC boost converter. There was no straightforward way for owners to recharge them.
I've been distracted by e-cig battery harvesting, but finally got around to adding a TC4056A module with over-discharge protection to the few I bought back then
Two simple way to reduce the likelihood of semiconductor shortages and reduce the volume of e-waste we have to deal with.
Oblige vendors to guarantee N years of useful life for electronic goods, and advertise price-per-year of life alongside purchase price. This could reduce the wastage of semiconductors in disposable electronics, and help people avoid being ripped off by the designer landfill that's misleadingly marketed as being cheaper.
At the same time Apple argued against a regulatory requirement for USB-C phones, saying it would produce piles of e-waste from obsolete products, the company was shipping products like this shattering, fraying Lighting cable for us to use for a few months before shuffling it off to the landfill. #Apple#EWaste#Lightning#Cable#USB
I have an #eWaste problem that I would like to solve: two #dell laptops that refuse to boot. One lights up for a couple of seconds, before shutting down again. The other seems completely dead, even after replacing the battery. The laptops are otherwise in decent conditions and I would like to revitalize them for my kids as they come of age.
I just received my new work laptop (#Apple#Macbook Pro M3, ~€2000) just to discover that it does not support dual-monitor output despite having multiple video ports.
For a feature that even the cheapest laptops (and older MacBooks) have had for years, Apple now asks you to buy the MacBook Pro M3 Pro (€2500) or M3 Max (€4000).
This is essentially €2000 #ewaste. Not so "pro" after all.
💻 On m’a offert cette micro #console pour un anniversaire (le mien, et le 25e de Zelda). Une bonne intention mais avec 3 jeux préinstallés et un système fermé c’est tout de suite un déchet électronique en puissance. Ne pouvant la “défabriquer” j’ai au moins pu la rooter pour installer l’emulateur retro-go, à la base prévu pour d’autres systèmes. Voilà maintenant une console qui fait tourner tous les jeux #8bit (#nes#mastersystem#gameboy) #photoctober2023#lowtech#gaming#retrogaming#ewaste
EU: Samsung and other brands may be forced to bring back phones with removable backs so that we can easily replace batteries
Gone are the days when we could easily take off the smartphone’s battery and replace it with a new one. You didn’t need a heat gun or a specialised tool to pop open the back of your phone, and you could easily do that with your fingernails. It seems like we c ...continues
Found a Pyne Pod 8500 discarded in the grass during a walk into town yesterday
Surprisingly sophisticated charging circuitry for an item designed to be disposable. No obvious way to open it in order for owners to refill the tank or to swap in a new atomizer module.
240 million functioning PCs/laptops will be chucked into landfills.
Because #Microsoft has managed to convince consumers that computers cannot exist without #Windows.
Anybody here on the #Fediverse have recommendations on how to “resuscitate” an #Asus#TF700T? It still works, but obviously unupgradable (software-wise) by official means, and slow as molasses. I understand that the the device is actually under-specced in terms of internal storage speed and RAM amount, but maybe #askFedi knows about some lightweight option that would allow it to give its best?
Help me avoid some more #eWaste.
Acrylic cube with flashing multicolour LED on a PCB with 3 button cells sealed inside the cube. It is activated when dropped in water - a pair of screws make contact with traces on the PCB so it can be triggered by reduced resistance of liquid bridging the contacts
Had to destroy one wall of the cube to extract the button cells (which had already begun to corrode) and PCB
We want a future of repairable gadgets and less ewaste.
5-7 years of software support doesn't mean anything if we can't keep the hardware running well for 7 years.
Glad to see iFixit didn't go quiet on this one.
I've been trying to highlight Samsung's scummy business practices for a couple years now, but when they can't even make a support contract work with iFixit, it's a REAL bad look.
Happened to see this on someone's Discord about me and I feel like I should have many thoughts on "AGAINST RIGHT TO REPAIR".
They had me until I saw the whole "AGAINST RIGHT TO REPAIR" thing :P. is this a pure Apple fanboy who defends Apple's every move? Just wait until all the newer iPhones have to use USB C
Cette année, on a charbonné fort. Plus de 600Kg en plus de ce qu'on a fait l'année passée, record explosé! Il est temps de faire un petit bilan, non? #GreenIT#Reconditionnement#Environnement#Ecologie#eWaste#iFixit
(merci aux partenaires Ifixit Elgato Altyk )
Found a really large disposable #vape in the grass. It seems to allow one of 4 flavours to be selected. But it is still a single-use device. There is no USB-C port for recharging the battery. #ewaste#ecigarrette
These lithium ion batteries now over a decade old, can no longer supply sufficient current to run the Samsung Nexus 10 tablet in which they had been installed.
Tried using salvaged vape batteries as a substitute but that experiment failed. Perhaps I should try a pair of 18650 cells.
Android version is so old that Google no longer provides security updates. What can I use this obsolete tablet for?