#SolderedDownRAM

Kevin Karhan :verified:kkarhan@infosec.space
2025-05-19

@jbqueru personally, I hope for #RISCv to become #mainstream and be offered in more than just SBCs with #SolderedDownRAM but also regular formfactors like #UCFF / #NUC, #MiniITX, #MiniDTX, #microATX & #ATX!

Kevin Karhan :verified:kkarhan@infosec.space
2025-04-14

@simonzerafa I mean obviously #reuse / #UseLonger is better and if your options are "corporate surplus" or nothing then I'd never judge.

To me it's just that #ThinkPad as a brand has really died as every single Device is a #downgrade in #repairability & #upgradeability compared to my #X230Tablet:

Personally, I wish I had €.€€€.€€€ so I could just develop the #NUCbook and be done with the #Enshittification of #Laptops / #Notebooks!

Kevin Karhan :verified:kkarhan@infosec.space
2025-03-03

@jacqueline yeah, The @frameworkcomputer #FrameworkDesktop is a major let-down to me because it's just a "shittier #MacStudio" and #SolderedDownRAM is not excuseable at that form factor!

  • Seriously, just no!
Kevin Karhan :verified:kkarhan@infosec.space
2024-12-21

I think that #CAMM is a bad design compared to #SODIMM & #DIMM...

Still, just gimme regular-ass socketed Chips & #DIMMs ffs!

  • Also we don't need to make the THINN-nest machines ffs - just make them #repairable and #serviceable and #upgradeable, because #AntiRepairDesign is way more unsustainable than the 0,1% of idiots who give a shit about whether their #DDR5-RAM can do 6400MT/s or 4800MT/s, simply because most users won't notice that at all (unlike switching from a 2,5" #SATA-#HDD running at 5400rpm to an #NVMe-#SSD that maxes out #PCIe 4x connections.

#FACT: #RAM & #SSD|s are inevitably dying due to age and use and like #ThermalPaste need to be #replaceable for a device to work longterm!

I'd rather have a #THICC af #laptop that actually survives my daily use than some flimsy #tablet that snaps in half if I sneeze at it.

  • No seriously, most devices can't even fit proper ports and cooling fans for no good reason whatsoever!

Also I think it's insulting to frame basic things like "stability" as a negative.

Kevin Karhan :verified:kkarhan@infosec.space
2024-12-11

I want @EUCommission & @BMWK to #ban #AntiRepairDesign as pioneered and rolled out by #Apple and copied by a lot of others!

Anything else is undue #Leniency against any #GAFAMs that build #unrepairable #electronics!

youtube.com/watch?v=6IZe7KjIJg

Kevin Karhan :verified:kkarhan@infosec.space
2024-11-12

@dw_innovation and that's also added by #AntiRepairDesign by all the #GAFAMs that do imacceptable stuff like #SolderedDownStorage, #SolderedDownRAM, #GluedInBatteries and #RivetedKeyboards that have no reason to exist except fleecing customers by overcharging them for more #Szorage & #RAM as well as enshuring #Repairability is twarted below cost-effective.

And don't even get me started on #MamfacturedEwaste like #AI #Chips and #ASIC|s for #Shitcoins like #Bitcoin which are inherently #unsustainable and unlike #CPU|s, #GPU|s and other #UsedHardware not really #refurbishable and #recycle-able or even #upcycle-able beyond being "the most complex, noisy and inefficient space heaters possible"...

Kevin Karhan :verified:kkarhan@infosec.space
2024-10-24

@OpenComputeDesign same with many other things.

Personally I'm so pissed off amidst the ongoing #Enshittification that I really need to get the #NUCbook off the ground before my #X230tablet dies.
github.com/KBtechnologies/NUCb

Kevin Karhan :verified:kkarhan@infosec.space
2024-05-18

@RayuDW Yeah...

IMHO, #GluedInBattieries that are not #ToolfreeSwappable, #SolderedDownRAM & #SolderedDownFlash should be outlawed.

There's no legitimate reason to put #design and #AntiRepair before #Repairability - certainly not with #consumer hardware that isn't #ATEX-certified nor expected to retain water-tightness at 50m depth after being shot at with a .357 Maximum...

Kevin Karhan :verified:kkarhan@infosec.space
2024-04-26

@MichaelRoss yeah, and like with #GluedInBatteries, #SolderedDownRAM, #SolderedOnSSDs and #NoHeadphoneJack I'll refuse to buy that garbage as a matter of principle until it dies out!

#WhatYouAllowIsWhatWillContinue

2024-01-26

@mshelton or better: Look at your #IT #Refurbisher...

Chances are they have a ton of cheap #Lazer multifunction units for less than a full pack of #Ink needed to scan (!!!) with those shitty #Inkjet machines.
infosec.space/@OS1337/11182203

Also don't just ditch #hp for printers, but also #PCs and #Laptops, because their #ProBook series of machines do #VendorLocking of #RAM and will refuse to boot without manually confirming by pressing F1 on the devices' keyboard every single bootup (!!!), bricking #PXE-Boot & #WakeOnLAN / #WoL in the process just to #FUD #customers and #IntependentRepair service providers!

The problem is in #IT that #WhatWeAllowIsWhatWillContinue and we allowed Corporations like #Apple to sprearhead the #Enshittification with #GluedInBatteries, #SolderedDownRAM, #SolderedDownSSDs and #AntiRepairDesign!

The only winning move is to refuse to buy such shit!!

Get a @frameworkcomputer and a @fairphone / #Fairphone if #BuyUsed & #UseLonger isn't an option, because in #capitalism, your reciept is your vote - EVERY SINGLE TIME!

#WhatYouAllowIsWhatWillContinue

Kevin Karhan :verified:kkarhan@mstdn.social
2023-12-19

@MattKC The only thing worse are #GluedInBatteries, #SolderedDownRAM and espechally #SolderedInSSDs...

Those three things should be illegal as #ReducedLifecycle & #AntiRepairDesign...

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