I like iFixit teardowns. However, keyboards have never been a repairable peripheral so this is no surprise. You just throw them away and buy a new one at $169 a pop. 
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Teardown Shows Off the Guts of the iPad Pro's Smart Keyboard
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The only smart thing you can do with this keyboard is not buying one.
Regardless of the product being designed to be repairable or not,
iFixit just do their job and give the score which reflects what they have found.
Again, their job benefits all users, fanboys and what not.
I don't ridicule people doing things that CAN be useful.
iFixit just do their job and give the score which reflects what they have found.
Again, their job benefits all users, fanboys and what not.
I don't ridicule people doing things that CAN be useful.
Relax...take a deep breath...
you pay for small and you pay for quality.
you can always get a cheap chinese knockout of ebay for 5$. It works too.
90% of responses so far:
"HOW DARE ANOTHER HUMAN NOT SEE THINGS EXACTLY AS I DO THIS IS AN OUTRAGE"
Seriously, people. Chill out. Stop wasting time on things that don't make you happy. If no one is hurt, it's a non-issue.
"HOW DARE ANOTHER HUMAN NOT SEE THINGS EXACTLY AS I DO THIS IS AN OUTRAGE"
Seriously, people. Chill out. Stop wasting time on things that don't make you happy. If no one is hurt, it's a non-issue.
However, keyboards have never been a repairable peripheral so this is no surprise. You just throw them away and buy a new one at $169 a pop.
Uhm... historically, keyboards have been repairable in most cases, even if it was just for cleaning. The only reason why we cannot do it now is because of our modern decadence regarding technology, as exemplified by your 'just buy a new one for $169'. If a key breaks (quality issues do happen), you can throw the entire keyboard away. The true ecological cost of these products never makes it into the sales price.
Maybe for you... I like knowing what can be fixed and what can't. Would it be better for you if they just said, "This unit can not be serviced in any way, period"? That is essentially what they are saying anyway I don't see why one would get all bent out of shape about it.
I love iFixit teardowns and guides, I've fixed a bunch of old macs/iPhones using their guides, looking inside the guts of a device is fun.
The problem here isn't that a 160$ keyboard or a 100$ pencil can't be fixed, it's that a 1200$+ laptop isn't much more repairable... I understand that most people will just go to the apple store to get it serviced, but what if you can't or want to fix it yourself post warranty, or keep it as a collector item since most apple products tend to become so?
When I purchase a product I always look for a teardown beforehand, especially to see if the battery can easily be replaced, recently Apple has been going back toward the good path by putting pull away tabs on their batteries making replacement a little easier, maybe ifixit weren't involved in this decision at all (quite likely), but that's still a good thing.
The problem here isn't that a 160$ keyboard or a 100$ pencil can't be fixed, it's that a 1200$+ laptop isn't much more repairable... I understand that most people will just go to the apple store to get it serviced, but what if you can't or want to fix it yourself post warranty, or keep it as a collector item since most apple products tend to become so?
When I purchase a product I always look for a teardown beforehand, especially to see if the battery can easily be replaced, recently Apple has been going back toward the good path by putting pull away tabs on their batteries making replacement a little easier, maybe ifixit weren't involved in this decision at all (quite likely), but that's still a good thing.
Looks like you need to go to the Apple store for a new keyboard. Your caps lock key seems to be stuck. If only you could repair that.
It's too bad you can't pick up that Adele CD while in the Apple store. Seems you could use some calming music... or a new keyboard.
Why doesn't iFixit just stop with the "repairability" score. They need to just call these things "Teardowns" and that is that. The engineering is fascinating and that certainly is the major traffic driver.
Apple does not truly care about the environment. At best it is a low-priority effort, at worst it is greenwashing to make people feel better about buying Apple products. Apple has moved away from the ambitions they demonstrated with the first aluminium unibody MacBooks in 2008. Since then more of their products have become more difficult or impossible to repair, more products have their life expectancy tied to batteries or weak hardware and even some environmental standards have become diluted, also in part due to Apple (if you recall the EPEAT controversy with the first Retina MacBook Pros).
It's a truly wretched keyboard to type on anyway, so I can't imagine anyone using it to destruction and not being glad for an excuse to bin it and buy something better.
I care, it's why I read the article. Why are you reading it and posting here if you don't care?
I don't care at all about the carplay article that was posted right before this one. And even if i did, i still couldn't care less what model of car is going to hit the street first with it. I can't imagine being swayed to buy a certain model of car because it can link to a certain model of phone. But you know what? I skipped that article, I didn't read it and I didn't post in that threat about how stupid I think it is.
They actually did something similar to that on April 1st. Although to call it similar would be a bit of an... apples to oranges comparison.
I think it's amusing that Apple portrays itself as a "green", environmentally responsible company, and then proceeds to introduce new products that have zero repairability and can't be recycled. More corporate hypocrisy from Cook and the Boyz.