• tetris11@lemmy.ml
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      22 days ago

      I’m not really. Who are these guys and why am I hearing about them on every social media outlet.

      They’re a company whose sole aim is to make money. Right now they’re in the goodwill phase of building community trust, but what’s their endgame? Is this an emerging market they’re cornering.

      I know these sound like sarcastic questions, but I’m genuinely wondering.

      • why_not_start_over@lemmy.world
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        22 days ago

        Ifixit has been a community driven repair site for over 20 years. It was indispensable for repairing apple laptops when they were still transitioning to Intel from PowerPC. I haven’t kept up with all the changes, but they sell tools and parts now. Even from a jaded perspective one can see the right to repair is in their best interest.