[xandrius]

If that was how Apple behaved, it would actually excusable but it did oh so many things which make absolutely no sense other than "business sense". Why did they have to use some super strong glue for their batteries when a tape or a set of screws did the job in the past? Why use some screws from hell which take 1 wrong twist to mess up? Why require 10 pressure points to be pressed at the same time with thin clamps normally not available to anyone?

Nobody really complains about parts having to be changed completely because they are too minuterized: that's the price of having a tiny form factor, we get that. But it's all the BS around it, which often was shown to work just fine in the past, that irks many about Apple's practices.

[aucisson_masque]

Exactly,it's the same tactic that people keep falling for.

Find a legitimate argument like security, abuse it to make everything unrepairable and glued together, so that when people ask it's all about keeping their phone safe. Couldn't do otherwise.

That's also why they are supposedly pushing for the right to repair, and in the same time lobbies politicians to keep the current status quo.

You'll have right to repair, in an extremely convoluted way and not cheaper. And you'll be happy about that !

In a relationship it would be considered an abusive partner, manipulative and lier. I just don't get why people defend it.

[kaba0]

Almost every battery is done this way, and literally every repair shop can easily replace them. Maybe find something actually worth getting angry over.

[kaba0]

> Why did they have to use some super strong glue for their batteries when a tape or a set of screws did the job in the past

Because these are soft batteries, unlike the previous generation batteries? Like, again, there are way more thought going into stuff like this than “I hate the Earth”.