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Man open-sources the self-repairable AirPods Pro case that Apple won’t make (arstechnica.com)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

I appreciate what this guy did, even though I don't own any apple earbuds.

I hope he or someone stats selling easily repairable and maintainable hardware and markets it as such. I think the marketplace would welcome it.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I’m curious about his plans to do something similar to the earbuds. For me, that’s way more important. I don’t foresee my case getting damaged, or having to worry about the battery as much as the earbuds.

Way more complicated though.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

The ear buds are so tiny I don’t know if the average person could do it, and in terms of components it’s really only the battery that would need replacing. I’d like to see app change it up where the AirPod sticks unscrew and can be swapped/recycled. Sustainable from the get go.

[+] renrenPDX -9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

“that Apple won’t make. “ while true, is completely unnecessary in the awesomeness of what’s being made available.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The whole point is that it's worth open sourcing to promote rights to repair and fix Apple's deficiencies. This only makes sense in context of Apple being a shitty company, as otherwise it would have no point.

It's like nicotine patches, they would have no utility if the tobacco industry didn't get a whole lot of people addicted to something that kills them.

[+] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

A tax based on the environmental and municipal cost of disposalble electronics applied to products based on total waste and life span would be nice. A little afraid of regulatory capture that companies like apple could afford on a bill like though.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

@andruid Completely agree, regulatory capture is always a threat.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

The EU is actually moving in that direction, except not through tax subsidies, but straight up regulatory requirements. User-replaceable batteries will be a strict requirement in 5 years for example. I've seen something similar with right-to-repair stuff, but I don't really remember where that is.