Comment on Google Will Now Back Right-to-Repair

deegeese@sopuli.xyz ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• dog_@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I guess the pixel I’m currently typing on doesn’t exist.

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  • Hule@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    They have a ~0,7% market share.

    Still a lot of phones though.

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    • dog_@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Aren’t they like the only company that actually saw in increase in phones sold?

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• Thetimefarm@lemm.ee ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  They made a big deal of being the first manufacturer to officially offer parts through ifixit, but a replacement kit for the internal display on the Pixel Fold is over $900 USD. It’s almost the same price as a brand new 512 GB Pixel 8 Pro, but that will have a warranty and is guaranteed to be waterproof, unlike a repaired phone.

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  • deegeese@sopuli.xyz ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Got any non-folding examples? I’m not surprised to hear a low volume folding screen is $$$.

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    • Thetimefarm@lemm.ee ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      The 8 pro screen kit is $236 which is lot more reasonable. I just have a hard time believing the inner screen is really half the cost of the phone. I imagine supply is tight and they want to keep people from buying all of them to flip on ebay for like double the price.

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• FunnyUsername@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  So I don’t own a pixel?

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  • deegeese@sopuli.xyz ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    It’s a very small part of the total Android market.

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    • dog_@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      And your point here?

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    • altima_neo@lemmy.zip ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      They make the pixel, but they don’t make phones.

      I’m confus

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• helenslunch@feddit.nl ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  …match Apple? I think you’re confused.

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  • deegeese@sopuli.xyz ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Apple recently dropped their longstanding opposition against right to repair.

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    • helenslunch@feddit.nl ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      They absolutely have not. They have, however, pretended to do so on numerous occasions. It’s a fucking bamboozle every time.

      When I see original OEM components available on Apple’s websites, and the option to download software to register/calibrate the new components, I’ll eat my fucking hat.

      Until then, Apple can lick my balls.

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    • dog_@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Their components are still software locked. Regardless of which way you take, if you want to do it correctly, you gotta go through apple.

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