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Ill-informed YouTuber bemoans Apple repair policies after breaking iMac Pro
By the time the machine becomes completely unusable, entry level iMacs will probably boast resolutions greater than 5k.Jason_D said:
No. The point was you can't use the screen independently to the computer part of it. Once your done with the internals, the screen is just as obsolete. If you could input signal then you could at least use is as a monitor after upgradingliquidmark said:
Huh? So you’re expecting to use a computer forever?Jason_D said:What i found rather funny is that shortly before i'd seen Linus post this video i had been having my morning coffee with a co-worker and for whatever reason i had been telling him about Linus' original video reviewing the IMac Pro (Which obviously lead to it's damage). 1 of the points he made, was that there is no video in. So down the line when you want to upgrade you can't even get extra use out of the machine by using is as a 2nd monitor. This is a rather deliberate choice by Apple to create Forced Obsolescence. It's rather shady and definitely Anti-Consumer. This issue he's now having has the same smell of even more Forced Obsolescence.
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Ill-informed YouTuber bemoans Apple repair policies after breaking iMac Pro
Huh? So you’re expecting to use a computer forever?Jason_D said:What i found rather funny is that shortly before i'd seen Linus post this video i had been having my morning coffee with a co-worker and for whatever reason i had been telling him about Linus' original video reviewing the IMac Pro (Which obviously lead to it's damage). 1 of the points he made, was that there is no video in. So down the line when you want to upgrade you can't even get extra use out of the machine by using is as a 2nd monitor. This is a rather deliberate choice by Apple to create Forced Obsolescence. It's rather shady and definitely Anti-Consumer. This issue he's now having has the same smell of even more Forced Obsolescence. -
Ill-informed YouTuber bemoans Apple repair policies after breaking iMac Pro
I’m not quite old enough to remember a time when we couldn’t buy landline phones. However, my issue is that people are complaining that Apple is somehow not allowing them to fix the iMac when Apple just isn’t helping them. They can fix the iMac Pro, but they need to get parts from somewhere else other than Apple or any official channel. Rather fitting considering that they got into this mess to begin with by sttem[ting or modify a machine or spite apple and not knowing what they were doing.kruegdude said:
Used to be we couldn’t buy our own land line telephones. Now we have the iPhone.liquidmark said:
They’re not entitled to have the parts. They need to fix it with different parts. What parts those would be or where they’ll get them from is their problem, not apples or anyone else’s.kruegdude said:
The only problem is they can’t get parts for some of the broken pieces.liquidmark said:
Apple isn’t stopping them from fixing it themselves. They just aren’t helping them facilitate the repair. If they want to fix it themselves, then they just need to fix it.Ed_Randgad said:Federal law says you can repair your own things, and manufacturers cannot force you to use their own repair services.
https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/ne9qdq/warranty-void-if-removed-stickers-illegal-ftc
Appleinsider's argument is against federal law where you have the right to repair. Manufacturers cannot void warranty just because the product is opened up.
The machine was in working order before they opened it up and broke it. The machine is now out of warranty because they broke it through their own purposeful action.
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Ill-informed YouTuber bemoans Apple repair policies after breaking iMac Pro
They’re not entitled to have the parts. They need to fix it with different parts. What parts those would be or where they’ll get them from is their problem, not apples or anyone else’s.kruegdude said:
The only problem is they can’t get parts for some of the broken pieces.liquidmark said:
Apple isn’t stopping them from fixing it themselves. They just aren’t helping them facilitate the repair. If they want to fix it themselves, then they just need to fix it.Ed_Randgad said:Federal law says you can repair your own things, and manufacturers cannot force you to use their own repair services.
https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/ne9qdq/warranty-void-if-removed-stickers-illegal-ftc
Appleinsider's argument is against federal law where you have the right to repair. Manufacturers cannot void warranty just because the product is opened up.
The machine was in working order before they opened it up and broke it. The machine is now out of warranty because they broke it through their own purposeful action.
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Ill-informed YouTuber bemoans Apple repair policies after breaking iMac Pro
It’s even worse than that. It’s like he bought a Jaguar XJ, installed nitrous and modified the engine, totally blew the engine, ruined the drivetrain electronics and steering and then he wants to complain that jaguar won’t essentially sell him enough parts to rebuild a Jaguar XJ sans chassis.StrangeDays said:
What on earth are you talking about? Sue Apple for what? It’s like if you got drunk and totaled your car and the shop said “It’s totaled man, find a new car.” You can’t sue the mechanic.netrox said:This is EXACTLY why Mac Pros should be more modular. I honestly believe that Apple should fix it or if not be sued with punitive damages.
I have tons of shit in my house I can’t repair, and I can’t sue the old TV repair guy if he says it’s not worth it to try (try) and fix a ruined flat panel. Same thing.
