The Right to Repair could help address a critical shortage in school computers
I feel sad that we need to educate and demand 'The Right to Repair'.<p>Yesterday, I accidentally noticed that my iPad Air 2 which I 've been using as a external display for ~ a year has its battery bulged and even pushed out the display[1]. If I hadn'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'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'm tired of spending money on expensive hardware which I don't own completely. There'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://twitter.com/heavyinfo/status/1302310594423345152" rel="nofollow">https://twitter.com/heavyinfo/status/1302310594423345152</a>