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Replacing the screen adhesive on an apple watch costs more than a new watch according to Apple! (youtu.be)

submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by Engineer@discuss.tchncs.de to c/right2repair@discuss.tchncs.de

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Thankfully Jonathan was able to take it to an independent repair shop for a $75 CAD adhesive fix (and battery replacement?) despite Apple's restrictions against them.

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[-] LemmyIsFantastic@lemmy.world 5 points 8 months ago

https://www.vice.com/en/article/3akyyy/best-dumb-phones

[-] Johnpwrinkle@midwest.social 4 points 8 months ago

I love the idea of being able to disconnect enough for dumb phones to be an option. Unfortunately, I need to have access to email/chat and a specific mfa app for work

[-] rdyoung@lemmy.world 9 points 8 months ago

Android isn't all Google. You can degoogle by installing different versions of Android just like there are different versions of Linux. Grab a pixel 6 or 7 and install graphene. There are alternatives to play store like fdroid, your mfa app should still work.

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