• alcoholicorn [comrade/them, doe/deer]
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    4 years ago

    I mean they are if you have the tools and knowledge. Street vendors in Shenzhen will upgrade your iPhone's memory infront of you and update the OS accordingly.

    • TheBroodian [none/use name]
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      4 years ago

      That's not a platform though - I mean a system of design and physical standards so that the average person could disconnect a component with nothing more than a phillips head screwdriver. Something that brings that minimum knowledge bar low enough for average people. Getting those tiny NAND memory modules to resolder correctly is fucking hard, even for folks who work on electronics for a living, and requires a fuck load of specialized hardware