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[+] -8 points 8 months ago (6 children)

Because what are you gonna do? Buy all the individual components and put it together yourself?

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  • [–] 6 points 8 months ago (3 children)

    When I can order a RK3399 on aliexpress and get a PCB fabbed in china for a few dollars, what's stopping me?

    Just because you don't know how doesn't mean other people shouldn't.

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  • [–] 1 point 8 months ago

    The closest i can think of to that is buying a bunch of broken shiftphone/fairphone and making a new phone with the working parts.          

    But its not really choosing the design but instead a type of repair with spare parts.          

    in that sense other phones can also be repaired this way but they need a lot more skill like ungluing without breaking.

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