Repair Cafes are part of a new brand of anticonsumerism. The cafes and other efforts try to offer an alternative to mass-produced, disposable goods that have dominated the economy for the last half-century.
Ugh, that description triggered my PTSD acquired during the latest repairs on a Lenovo Yoga. Tons of printed and taped-on PCB in place of once solid construction.
I guess that’s why nowadays, whenever I need to buy new, I first watch a teardown video to see the insides. If things look finicky and hard to access/repair, I’m not buying. Refuse > repair.
Oh God here’s to hoping my 9ish year old yoga doesn’t give up the ghost anytime soon… At least my Lenovo products have always been rather stout! Only time I have taken it apart was to redo the thermal paste on the cpu cooler and when I did that I realized if something important breaks im probably gonna replace the laptop 😢
I swapped screens on a touchbar mac a couple years ago. the screws are so tiny, i either had to use a magnifier or touch to tell which side was up. my phone has bigger screws in it.
Mmmmh! And ribbon cables that you need to manually fold so they’ll fit into the slot - what a great chance to break the sub-millimeter copper wiring inside!
Ugh, that description triggered my PTSD acquired during the latest repairs on a Lenovo Yoga. Tons of printed and taped-on PCB in place of once solid construction.
I guess that’s why nowadays, whenever I need to buy new, I first watch a teardown video to see the insides. If things look finicky and hard to access/repair, I’m not buying. Refuse > repair.
Oh God here’s to hoping my 9ish year old yoga doesn’t give up the ghost anytime soon… At least my Lenovo products have always been rather stout! Only time I have taken it apart was to redo the thermal paste on the cpu cooler and when I did that I realized if something important breaks im probably gonna replace the laptop 😢
Ribbon cables with sub-millimeter slots to insert them into
I swapped screens on a touchbar mac a couple years ago. the screws are so tiny, i either had to use a magnifier or touch to tell which side was up. my phone has bigger screws in it.
Mmmmh! And ribbon cables that you need to manually fold so they’ll fit into the slot - what a great chance to break the sub-millimeter copper wiring inside!