If the only person that can verify the safety of your device is the owner, that device will and should be marked as insecure and not to be trusted in any instance where security matters.

Yet even with lemmys people being like that, their software is free from bias and authoritarian-style features that are made to stifle free speech and to encourage an ideological echo chamber, unlike Piefed.

Piefed is ideologically driven by the creator, and encourages pre-emptive banning and blocking users who don’t just participate in echo chamber behaviour.

Lemmys devs might be ideologically captured too, but their software isn’t, so it’s the better option.

Phones absolutely should have screws like they have though, as flathead and philips head, especially at that size, are way too prone to burring.

They’re not even really “non standard” screws at this point. Anyone can buy a screwdriver set for a few bucks to disassemble an iPhone.

Maybe electric kettles are different where you live, but they are extremely dangerous because of the amount of power needed to heat water to 100% quickly. Iirc some countries don’t even have them because their house can’t provide enough power.

They don’t care if you do that, because if you do that they’re in no way responsible for it anymore. If you do that and it burns your house down it’s all on you.

The root of trust can never be on the owner of the device for anything that requires actual security.

Those aren’t loopholes though, they’re part of the legislation. Phone makers don’t need to “bullshit” their way out of anything if they meet the criteria, which almost every mobile phone released these days does - making the regulation pretty pointless lol

Well when you think about it this is just another form of control over businesses. That’s equally authoritarian.

My words were the truth, I guess that’s why they have an issue with them 🤣

How are you checking what closed source systems are doing?

But those devices don’t have to meet these laws, so they’re irrelevant.

I also didn’t say they have always been great, I said they’ve been at the forefront for years, which is true. Their recent phones are easier to repair than almost any other phones on the market.

What a ridiculous and pointless comment c

It would be especially hard to replace the RAM and SOC in them actually.

What exactly do you think you’d be able to easily repair on a video game console?

Just wait til movie studios start fishing for people hosting their movies illegally. With how everyone standardises their media structure and file names these days, finding people hosting your movie would be a cinch.

Strange that 73 other people, 30+ of who downvoted long after I added the proof, think that ifixit are wrong.

I wouldn’t want to be putting second hand parts in my phone when repairing it. I can’t imagine there are many second hand screens or batteries around for sale given they’re the things that are replaced the most.

Not that I’d ever want a second hand screen or battery anyway.

You have no idea what Android or iOS or Windows or any other operating system is doing in the background though, you just think it’s “bloat” and “inefficient”. I guarantee you that the people making these OS’s know more about it than you, and are making it as efficient as it can be.

No thank you on the flathead or Philips head screws, they get burred too easily which would basically leave your phone unrepairable.

The less adhesives the better though, agreed there. Their phones are already definitely self-repairable enough for the new EU rules.