Massachusetts passes 'right to repair' law to open up car data (archive.vn)
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Massachusetts passes 'right to repair' law to open up car data (archive.vn)
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[–] lanre ago
In general, yes. But if it's a technical requirement to get waterproof phones, I'd consider buying those phones and it'd be a reasonable trade-off to make. But when generally speaking all phones have non-removable batteries and most aren't waterproof, you know something is wrong.
[–] weezkitty ago
I don't believe this. There are plenty of water tight things that can be opened. Even if it takes small screws and a replaceable rubber gasket.
[–] Handroid7 1 point -1 points 0 points (+0|-1) ago
See this section.
Because back when phones had user-replaceable batteries, water resistance was less of a priority.
Also, the S5 was water-resistant, the S6 not.
[–] lanre 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Look, I know. The lack of replaceable batteries is for two main reasons:
1.) Your phone now has a shelf life and must be replaced eventually, leading to higher overall sales
2.) The NSA, CIA, and the rest of the Alphabet (Google etc.) don't like when users can turn off spying devices.
In a free market without collusion, you'd still expect to have at least some niche vendors sell phones with removable batteries, but the almost complete lack of that speaks to, IMO, our government approving the collusion in order to support their requirements for spy devices.