mox@lemmy.sdf.org to News@lemmy.world · 1 年前Google can keep your phone if you send it in for repair with non-OEM partswww.androidauthority.comexternal-linkmessage-square23linkfedilinkarrow-up1206arrow-down14cross-posted to: anticorporate@lemmy.giftedmc.comtechnology@lemmy.mlandroid@lemdro.idandroid@lemmy.world
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minus-squarejordanlund@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down24·1 年前I can’t see anyone using non-OEM parts sending their device back to Google, they’ll just use their shady local fix it shop.
minus-squareSanguine@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up18arrow-down1·1 年前Explain what is shady about a local electronics repair shop.
minus-squarejordanlund@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down2·1 年前Have you seen many local electronics repair shops?
minus-squarepivot_root@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down1·1 年前I wouldn’t call the repair sweatshops used by OEM manufacturers any better. Fix it yourself.
minus-squareAlligatorBlizzard@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 年前Yeah, but they fucking glued the battery to the screen! On that note, anyone know any good repair shops in the Twin Cities? My LG G8 needs a new battery.
minus-squarethe_crotch@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·1 年前“This thing is shit, but something exists that is worse, therefore this thing is good now!”
minus-squarepivot_root@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 年前 “This thing is shit, but something exists that is worse~~, therefore this thing is good now!~~ Fuck the system, I’ll do it myself.” FTFY.
minus-squareFarid@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down1·1 年前I think you got downvoted because the way you said it implies that all 3rd party repair shops are shady. But it’s true, that the vast majority of repair shops are shady in places that I have lived.
minus-squarejordanlund@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down3·1 年前A step above vape shops, but not that big of a step. ;)
I can’t see anyone using non-OEM parts sending their device back to Google, they’ll just use their shady local fix it shop.
Explain what is shady about a local electronics repair shop.
Have you seen many local electronics repair shops?
I wouldn’t call the repair sweatshops used by OEM manufacturers any better. Fix it yourself.
Yeah, but they fucking glued the battery to the screen!
On that note, anyone know any good repair shops in the Twin Cities? My LG G8 needs a new battery.
“This thing is shit, but something exists that is worse, therefore this thing is good now!”
FTFY.
I think you got downvoted because the way you said it implies that all 3rd party repair shops are shady. But it’s true, that the vast majority of repair shops are shady in places that I have lived.
A step above vape shops, but not that big of a step. ;)