Halfway through he describes this as malicious compliance with the “right to repair” law. Apple and others are making a mockery of the law.

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      Risks exist. Be informed.

      He is revealing the risk, he is informing. He is indignant that it is a risk which is deliberately obscured by the manufacturer. It is not a traditional risk most buyers would expect and the manufacturer is exploiting that.

      It is reasonable to expect to DIY your brake pads without this exorbitant price.

      Good faith trading vs bad

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          I think I had a stroke reading this.

          From what I’m gathered, you believe no at home DIY mechanic should be changing their own brake pads? It’s not complicated, I completed my first pad change when I was 16 with a diagram and instructions a tow truck driver wrote on the back of a takeout menu. I did the sensible thing and tested them before moving and again at low speeds in a parking lot.

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      One wheels aren’t shit for being dangerous, they’re shit for bricking the device if you try to replace the fucking battery, as well as other anti-consumer practices.

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      Literally not the point. Companies being predatory, and using literal misinformation, and deception tactics to bend the law and screw up consumers to drive consumption is the point. Good for you being a brainless consumer who is totally fine being cucked by the “rent your hardware” industry, the many of us prefer to actually own our tools.

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      Sounds to me like you haven’t had a board ghost into a stranger’s car. It’s fucking terrifying. Ask me how I know.

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          Onewheels are self-balancing electric skateboards. They have a sensor on the footpad that activates the motor while you’re standing on it. For quite a while the manufacturer of the boards was having an issue where the sensor would stay stuck on, so when you stepped/fell off the board it would just take off under it’s on power until it ran into something and broke or lost its balance and tipped over. The manufacturer kept denying and denying and denying and gaslighting. Then after enough negative press from people like Louis Rossman and a lady that got sent to the hospital after a board slammed into her, the US government stepped in and threatened to shut down the company if they didn’t acknowledge and fix the issue so they finally did something about it.

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            Oh I see the way you phrases it confused me lol. I have one, that would scare the shit out of me 😂