@iFixit At least #TorxPlus has some actual benefits.

• Unlike #Pentalobe, which solely exist as #AntiRepairDesign and is a horribe type of screw...

@cesarpose @mrmasterkeyboard depends on the design.

• One obnoxious thing vendors like #Lenovo tend to do more often is solder down RAM which makes #upgrades either necessary [cuz they only have #SolderedDownRAM in Single-Channel] and/or impossible [because asymetric channel configuration!]...

• IMHO soldered-down RAM & #SolderedDownSSDs should be outlawed as #PlannedObsolescence & #AntiRepairDesign!

@AeonCypher I think it's just #AntiRepairDesign to shaft consumers and #overcharging them for essential upgrades by making it technically and financially hard or unfeasible to #upgrade.

• Seriously, #Apple charged €500+ more than #RetailPricing for the #DDR4-SODIMMs of the #MacMini 8.1 for what essentially takes 5 mins for an untrained person to do following an @iFixit tutorial.

@felyashono case in point: #AntiRepairDesign is gonna cost not just you but everyone and it's abhorrent to justify tons of avoidable #eWaste due to an irrational desire for maximizing "#THINN-ness"…

• In #capitalism, your #reciept is your vote - EVERY SINGLE TIME!

@felyashono You don't need to make devices #thicc|er or heavier just by making them #repairable.

• #Sony's Vaio #P11Z did have a toolfree-removeable battery yet it was less than 15mm thick and weighted ~560g with the standard battery and even <750g with an obscenely thicc aftermarket battery.

• #Fairphone's devices are just as #thinn as any other #smartphone, yet they offer toolfree replaceable batteries!

• #rectangular / #prismatic cells exist. Just because you rarely see them compared to 14500/18650/21700 cylinders but that doesn't mean they ain't available.

• if #Framework didn't decide to go with a *"pan"-style design, they could've made their flat #battery toolfree-swappable just as the Aforementioned VAIO.

There are other ways to make a device thinner and lighter, ranging from Magnesium to fiber reinforced plastic to carbon fiber. Some #ThinkPad|s did all 3.

• Not to mention sticking batteries in makes replacements unnecessary dangerous and can yield users to not replace "#DangerPillow|s" until they crack the housong or most likely the screen.

Also most of the gains in terms of battery runtime are attributeabke to better battery chemistry, higher grade cells by modern standards and lower power consumption by smaller process nodes (65nm @ 1,5V -> 7nm @ 0,85V can basically reduce power by 90% without any tricks!) and more powerful chips that more dynamically switch to low power states transparently. (Which is why you often get 4 different TDP ratings on some chips, with nominal, maximum & minimum configureable maximums and typical @ nominal settings)…

• Just compare an #EeePC701 with a #Pi0W2 and you can see the difference...

#AntiRepairDesign is a choice by the manufacturer. #IP68, #ATEX & #MILSTD810 can be achieved without glueing shit together!

@arch @jacqueline by that logic, #Apple's #AntiRepairDesign is also quire "#repairable"...

@valpackett @jacqueline then I guess your sample size is N ≤200, thus too small to be considered scientifically accurate.

• And even if #RAM did not fail over time, this ain't a #Smartphone or super-small #SBC where one could reasonably claim "we could not fit #socketed RAM on!"

All it is is #AntiRepairDesign that'll shaft buyers like on #Apple's devices...

https://infosec.space/@kkarhan/114096004768883519

@oscherler @jacqueline which I think is bad because we all should universally callout ajd boycott ajy company doing #AntiRepairDesign as a matter of principle!

https://infosec.space/@kkarhan/114096004768883519

@nando161 + #AntiRepairDesign by #Apple with #DRM on replacement parts as well as artifical scarcity due to locked-down supply chains.

• The #EnvoirmentalCrimes of Apple should have actual #consequences in the form of real #accountability and nit just mere fines that are laughable to them!

That being said the only winning move is to refuse to buy that shit and instead get a @frameworkcomputer / #Framework #Laptop and a @fairphone / #Fairphone or a #ShiftPhone instead.

• Cuz in #capitalism, your reciept is your vote - every single time!

@Commander_KEEN @Umweltbundesamt Es geht mir um das #AntiRepairDesign sowie #Tintenstrahl-#Patronen!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d36CPxh6H3I

@oshy @Paradox nodds in agreement

#ConsumerDevices in general are shit:

• You know how much #AntiRepairDesign I've seen with #Laptops? #Apple leads the pack but everyone copies all the bad things that make their #MacBook|s shit and none of the good things like an #OS that doesn't suck!

If I had to buy a #Laptop, I'd buy a @frameworkcomputer / #Framework13 #DIY, hands down cuz #Windows is a can't use & won't use no-go for me!

@PeterCxy @lispi314 personally, I think such #AntiConsumer & #AntiRepairDesign should be outlawed, espechally with #medical #devices like a #wheelchair.

• There's no "legitimate reason" why they could not stick with an #XLR-style connector. It's just a big ass DC cable that needs to be protected against user error and electric shock but it's not like some industrial machine that has to be safe in an explosive atmosphere where it gets constantly splashed with acid and contaminants...

At this point I'm convinced manufacturers only do that because they know most wheelchair users are not capable of #DIY'ing something better or afford to hire someone to do it for them!

@enigmatico @lispi314 @kimapr @bunnybeam case in point:

• #Bloatedness was the original post topic and yes, due to #TechBros "#BuildFastBreakThings" mentality, #Bloatware is increasing given that a shitty bloated 50+MB "#WebApp" with like nw.js is easy to slap together (and yes I did so myself!) than to put in way more thought and effort (as you can see on the slow progression of OS/1337...

• Yes, #Accessibility is something that needs to be taken more seriously and it's good to see that there's at least some attemots at making #accessibility mandatory (at least in #Germany, where I know from some insider that a big telco is investing a lot in that!) for a growng number of industries and websites...

• And whilst one can slap an #RTX5090 on any laptop that has a fully-functional #ExpressCard slot (with #PCIe interface, using some janky adaptors!) that'll certainly not make sense beyond some #CUDA or other #GPGPU-style workloads as it's bottlenecked to a single PCIe lane of 2.0 (500MB/s) or just 1.0a(250MB/s) speeds.

Needless to say there is a need to THINN DOWN things cuz the current speed of #Enshittifcation and bloatedness combined with #AntiRepairDesign and overpriced yet worse #tech in general makes it unsustainable for an ever increasing population!

• Not everyone wants (or even can!) indebt themselves just to have a phone or laptop!

Should we aim for more "#FrugslComputing"?

• Abdolutely!

Is it realistic to expect things to be in a perfectly accessible TUI that ebery screenreader can handle?

• No!

That being said the apathy of consumers is real, and very frustrating:

People get nudged into accepting all the bs and it really pisses me off because they want me to look like ab outsider / asshole for not submitting to #consumerism and #unsustainable shite...

@abulling #Enshittification, #Kaufpreis, #AntiRepairDesign, #Überwachungstechnik, #Gewicht, #Größe, ...

Dann doch lieber #PersonalLightVehicle statt #WankPanzer!

@Doridian @foone yeah, but then you move the problem to somewhere else and god forbid it's some #Bloatware like #UEFI!

• I mean, we already see #FPGA|s being used to workaround the #DRM of #Apple's #AntiRepairDesign in #Firmware...