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eti:

--- Quote from: Ed.Kloonk on November 19, 2021, 07:52:24 pm ---Gardner isn't a fan of this new development..



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He's right in respect to those ridiculous, patronising "Memphis" cartoons.
Bassman59:

--- Quote from: tooki on November 19, 2021, 06:30:52 am ---
--- Quote from: langwadt on November 18, 2021, 09:16:29 pm ---
--- Quote from: ataradov on November 18, 2021, 09:09:34 pm ---Which makes the whole thing a pointless PR stunt. It will not hurt to have those options, but again, depending on the price. If they charge for display half the price of a new phone, then it will not be economical to repair. And this does not help with most repairs that repair shops do.

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yeh, look at Rossmanns take on it and why he isn't getting excited just yet

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Yeah but he’s also a crank with a business interest in repairing what Apple won’t. His takes on everything are extremely biased, cranky, and often unreasonable IMHO.

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Does Samsung offer any kind of end-user repair options or support for third-party repair?

Seems like everyone bitches about Apple but Samsung is no better. $1000 phones OMG Apple is ripping people off! But .. Samsung had $1000 phones too. Etc.
flolic:
Yes, I can get Samsung spare parts (screens, batteries...) from my local distributor. But I am a business customer, owning a repair shop.
VK3DRB:
I don't trust Apple, based on Apple putting malware in iPhone updates that slows down your iPhone so you buy another one. Apple might be a trillion dollar company, but they are morally bankrupt and not ethical. Don't expect Apple will do anything that will reduce their income stream - repairability or no repairability. They will find ways to get the fanboys to part with their hard earned money one way or another.

Incidentally, I own NOTHING that is Apple. My better half owns an iPad piece of junk. Into the rubbish it is going on Christmas day. Glad to see it gone. She is getting new Android tablet that will leave the iPad for dead in may aspects. We will soon be an Apple free zone soon :-+.
eti:
Why is Louis Rossman put on a pedestal and seen as THE authority on all things Apple repair? Because he's high profile (in a YouTube context) and makes a lot of noise. So what? He's not KING of Apple repairs, as competent as he may be. He's highly opinionated, very negative and passive  aggressive, and that kind of personality is repellant.  A high view count and him knowing how much people refer to him, can only expand his ego, not that I know he's particularly egotistical, but this is a known pattern with high profile YouTubers.

Why can't people use critical thinking, instead if flying towards their "go-to guy" as a piece of steel does to a magnet, quoting their every word as some form of holy scripture? He's a bloke in a shop and he repairs things. Fab. Lots of people do that.

The internet. Ugh.
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