cm0002@lemmy.world to Nintendo@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agoiFixit is retroactively giving the Nintendo Switch a 4/10 on repairabilitywww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square13fedilinkarrow-up1198arrow-down122
arrow-up1176arrow-down1external-linkiFixit is retroactively giving the Nintendo Switch a 4/10 on repairabilitywww.theverge.comcm0002@lemmy.world to Nintendo@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agomessage-square13fedilink
minus-squareColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·5 days agoThey praise the steam deck, which is good. But they still charging $100 just for it’s replacement battery. Way too expensive.
minus-squareOstrakon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·5 days agoI dunno, that’s probably not inflating the cost much. It costs like 80 just to get the battery kit retail, and then you gotta figure you have to pay the labor of replacing it.
minus-squareKiller@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·5 days agoLabor of replacing it? Afaik ifixit doesn’t offer any kind of repair/replacement service. They just sell parts.
minus-squareColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·4 days agoWhat? Middleman or straight from valve, the battery shouldn’t cost nearly 100 bucks.
They praise the steam deck, which is good. But they still charging $100 just for it’s replacement battery. Way too expensive.
I dunno, that’s probably not inflating the cost much. It costs like 80 just to get the battery kit retail, and then you gotta figure you have to pay the labor of replacing it.
Labor of replacing it? Afaik ifixit doesn’t offer any kind of repair/replacement service. They just sell parts.
What?
Middleman or straight from valve, the battery shouldn’t cost nearly 100 bucks.