The Right to Repair could help address a critical shortage in school computers
I feel sad that we need to educate and demand &#x27;The Right to Repair&#x27;.<p>Yesterday, I accidentally noticed that my iPad Air 2 which I &#x27;ve been using as a external display for ~ a year has its battery bulged and even pushed out the display[1]. If I hadn&#x27;t noticed this, It could have ended really bad.<p>But now I have to wait for the heat gun to arrive to remove the battery  for safely discarding it, as Apple has made it really hard to change batteries. I don&#x27;t intend to replace the battery, as I think any device with battery and without charging pass-through feature is a potential fire hazard when using for any application which involves charging constantly. I have removed other such devices (incl. iPhone) preemptively.<p>More over I&#x27;m tired of spending money on expensive hardware which I don&#x27;t own completely. There&#x27;s absolutely no reason for not making user-replaceable batteries other than planned obsolescence, which are bad for the consumers as well as for the planet.<p>I will vote with my wallet for Fairphone, Pine64 like brands here after.<p>[1]<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;twitter.com&#x2F;heavyinfo&#x2F;status&#x2F;1302310594423345152" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;twitter.com&#x2F;heavyinfo&#x2F;status&#x2F;1302310594423345152</a>