TL;DR: a repair shop owner from Germany managed to create a tool to calibrate the display angle sensor (used to trigger sleeping on Macs when the lid is closed)

    • B0rax@feddit.de
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      1 year ago

      To repair broken laptops? To reduce e-waste? To reduce the cost of repair?

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      1 year ago

      Because fuck apple‘s repair policy! Good products, bad repairability.

      “Oh, you used a flex cable from an other iPhone 15 Pro in your own iPhone 15 pro? Too bad! It’s not authorized with your phone!“