If you can\'t fix it, you don\'t really have it, says Kyle wines, CEO of IFixit.
Picture: Josh EdelsonSource: he wanted to fix it when Kyle wines\'s Apple laptop stopped working.
But there is only one problem.
Apple is holding him back.
The company\'s lawyers have repaired the equipment as difficult as possible by scrubbing the maintenance information network.
The experience put Kyle, then a teenager, on the road to fighting Apple\'s biggest scam --
Other technology manufacturers
Committing crimes against their customers
\"I can\'t find any information and I think it\'s a bit ridiculous,\" he recalls . \".
\"Then I decided that maybe I could fight back if they were to systematically fight for information online. ”That was 2003.
In the university dormitory in California, he launched a website dedicated to providing the world with repair information for faulty or damaged electronic equipment.
You can think of it as a Wikipedia for gadget fixes, full of howto-
Sales Guide, helpful tips and kits.
Fast forward to today and iFixit. com is jaw-
Very popular.
Last year, 94 million unique users around the world visited the site.
Of these, 2 million are from Australia.
According to the 33-year-old iFixit CEO, Apple\'s iPhone is the most frequently searched device on the platform, mainly for consumers seeking to replace batteries. how.
\"This is because everyone values this device.
No one threw away the iPhone because the battery ran out.
But Apple has left a huge gap in the market . \"
\"They don\'t sell batteries, they don\'t give people any information, so people turn to other channels.
\"I have an entire team and they just put the battery in the box,\" he told News . \". com. au.
Apple certainly did not invent an outdated plan, but the tech giant did not reject the strategy.
For example, there are two proprietary screws at the bottom of the iPhone that Apple will not sell you a screwdriver.
Mr Wiens believes that consumers should have the right to repair their products and will promote this message when he travels to Australia next month for talks in Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide.
\"If you can\'t fix it, you don\'t really have it,\" he said . \".
Kyle\'s message is: \"abandon the one-time economy.
Join the maintenance revolution.
Should we have the right to repair our products?
In December 2014, five leading auto industry agencies signed an agreement that paved the way for information sharing, and Australia has the right to repair book laws for the auto industry.
However, for other industries such as electronics or agricultural equipment manufacturers, there is no such authorization, where replacement parts and diagnostic tools are usually carefully protected by manufacturers.
IFixit and other consumer groups came in from here.
Mr. Wiens\'s company has a secondary website dedicated to the promotion of the right to repair.
The kit that the company sold on the original platform helped pay for the group\'s lobbying legislation in markets around the world.
So far, they have won some major victories in the United States.
\"We have a lot of people working with the legislature in Brussels and across the state of NE to try to address these issues,\" Mr Wiens said . \".
They believe that putting the government aside is the most effective way to push the cause.
In Sweden, for example, consumers receive tax incentives for repairing electronics to reduce waste.
Is it true that the plan is eliminated?
The short answer is yes.
The extent to which it exists today depends on your sense of conspiracy.
However, product manufacturers are often bound by imperfect technology, rather than promoting the comics of greedy companies cheating customers, and most of the time consumers want to have a stylish new device every few years, this is just a simple response.
These terms originated in the American light bulb industry in the 1920 s, when a group of bulb manufacturers --
Known for the Phoebus cartel
Conspiracy to stop technological advances that will take longer
Long lasting bulb.
For some, today\'s smartphone is a new light bulb.
Broken screen or button.
The operating system, applications, etc. can\'t be upgraded again suddenly.
The lithium battery in the smartphone soon ran out of power.
In the past, Apple said it expected the iPhone to charge an average of 400 times.
\"At any time, you stick the battery to the product you are planning to eliminate,\" Mr Wiens said . \".
\"The life of the battery is limited, just as the tire life on your car is limited, and if the car manufacturer tries to sell a tire car you can\'t replace it, everyone will laugh at them, but now this is the case with mobile phones and laptops.
Instagram user iPhone rehab is often flooded with iPhones that need to be repaired.
Source: The CEO of supplier environmental problem iFixit believes that fundamentally, the right to repair is an environmental problem and an economic problem.
\"Repairs are not seen as a green job, but your car mechanic does a good job for the environment by keeping the existing machines running,\" he said . \".
The number of raw materials that go into electronics is amazing, so it\'s easier for people to maintain their gadgets and machines instead of recycling them, which creates a more sustainable world.
Kyle wines will attend all the festivals of the Sydney Opera House on women in Sydney on March 5, at the Wheeler center in Melbourne on March 9, and the women\'s Adelaide planet lecture in Adelaide on March 12.
Kyle wines will give a speech in Australia next month.