• @JusticeForPorygon
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    761 year ago

    Parts pairing- does that refer to shit like how Apple used to pair their home button to the serial number of the phone so you couldn’t replace it? Or how old Xboxes (idk about new ones) would pair the disc drive to the motherboard? About fucking time if so.

    • @[email protected]
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      1 year ago

      Yes. Yes it does.

      It took them long enough.

      Unfortunately, I think it excludes game consoles.

      • @[email protected]
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        191 year ago

        Curious how california did this as well.

        Doesn’t it open the door for every company to claim that their product is a game console as long as it can play snake or some shit?

        • silly goose meekah
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          As long as game consoles are just not in the list, I think there shouldn’t be a loophole like that. But if they explicitly exclude consoles from being affected, there definitely is

  • @[email protected]
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    371 year ago

    apply to ten categories of products that are currently covered by ecodesign requirements: smartphones and tablets, bicycles (including e-bikes), washing machines, dryers, dishwashers, fridges, displays, welding equipment, vacuum cleaners and servers.

    • Kerb
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      271 year ago

      thats dissapointing.

      those categories are way to specific,
      these laws should apply to way more stuff.

      smartphones and tablets?
      why not computers in general?

      and john deere execs are pobably laughting their asses of right now.

      • HarkMahlberg
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        121 year ago

        I wish the US had anything even close to this level of consumer protections and rights.

      • @[email protected]
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        91 year ago

        I prefer having an ambitious law right now, even if it only cover a limited amount of products, than a law that try to cover everything but takes decades to be approved.

    • nadram
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      41 year ago

      That’s a great idea and can be implemented in the security app or a simple menu in your settings.

      • @tabular
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        101 year ago

        Except, how can it tell you how good a part is? Why would I trust what the original manufacturer has to say about it’s competition?

        The system to judge a part is between our ears.

        • flatlined
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          151 year ago

          A warning sign (“this phone has a third party screen”) could be useful, so long as it’s just that, a notification in the settings somewhere. Then it’s up to me to decide whether I care or not. All it does is give me more information, the judgment on it is my own.

          I’d prefer it if it did that for all parts. New third party screen? Notice. New first party screen? Also give notice. Then i know what was repaired or replaced. Even better if it should list when it was replaced, and perhaps the specs of the replacement part.

          • @[email protected]
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            51 year ago

            I like this. Like a digital equivalent to how a car’s VIN is stamped on a bunch of different parts all over the car so a different buyer can tell if it’s been wrecked and repaired.

        • nadram
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          31 year ago

          Right. They don’t have to give you an opinion about the quality, just that it’s not an original part. The rest is up to the user

        • @[email protected]
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          01 year ago

          If I buy components I buy extra and test them myself before use. I don’t buy anything used that I can get new and I test before I use. Now my hobbies seldom require me to play with surface mount, and i don’t need displays for anything, but I’m plenty familiar with ordering from one end of the QC department or the other. All that said, you have a far higher opinion of Apple than I do.

            • @[email protected]
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              11 year ago

              I’ve owned two things produced by them. Both were trash out of the box, but perhaps I got "Monday " built devices both times. One came to me as a gift one I bought because my kid asked for it. Both were returned and I have not looked at an apple product since. My only experience is that they are knock offs of themselves and at their price point someone should be ashamed of themselves. My opinion of your opinion stands downvote me again if you want.

    • @MotoAsh
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      -31 year ago

      That would require capitalists to want to protect your investment. That’s not how capitalists think.

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          Ignore the truth all you want. What was the technology invented for? It’s FULLY capable of doing what you ask.

          Why doesn’t it? Because it was made to protect profits, not the end buyer. Yea it sucks, but ignoring it means it will be even worse the next time I have to point it out to your ignorant ass.

            • @MotoAsh
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              -21 year ago

              Funny how you go to person insults. Sad. Pathetic. Stay ignorant, you won’t be spared.

                • @MotoAsh
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                  01 year ago

                  Your inability to wrestle with reality will not help.