I fix it's on a mission to teach
everyone how to fix everything but
electronics repair can seem scary if
you've never done it before scary that's
why we ask the top tech youtubers to
come together and explain why they think
DIY repair is so important some shared
their favorite repair experiences I
think my most vivid repair memory is
back when I just come out of university
my wife had a laptop that she had used
for all four years and it was getting a
little slow a little long in the tooth
the way Dell made the laptop was that in
order to replace the hard drive you had
to take out the entire motherboard and
so I had to rip it out and then I see oh
wait
holy crap I can replace her I three with
an i5 mobile processor that I can pick
up on eBay for $50 instead of having to
spend six to seven hundred dollars on a
brand new laptop others focus on the
issues facing the repair industry make
no mistake about it if you cannot fix it
you do not own it manufacturers don't
want you to fix stuff they know that
when you fix it yourself they lose
there's companies out there like Apple
that will literally void your warranty
just for pulling a screw out of your
iphone a lot of companies we work with
like to stick warranty void if removed
stickers all over their products a lot
of people don't know that these stickers
are actually illegal if you know how to
work a screwdriver you can keep your
electronics alive much longer than
you're supposed to you know I used to
think that phones were these magic black
boxes that you couldn't open unless you
were a highly trained technician
replacing a phone battery is a little
more than a couple glue strips and a few
screws it's far better to keep a device
working and in the hands of someone who
will use it and grinding it up for its
component raw metals and they all taught
us how to explore our tech and helped us
believe in ourselves it's actually
amazing how much money you can save and
how little time it actually takes to
repair devices rather than just
replacing them you might not consider
yourself a repair genius but everyone
can fix something I didn't have to you
know I could just do it myself
I looked it up on the Internet easy
peasy it's not really you know I don't
think it's in the realms of being a
genius it's in the realms of being
somebody who's interested in finding the
knowledge out for themselves going
online where you've got this matter
of resource for free virtually sitting
there and just yeah just having a go but
the first step in this movement starts
with you believing that you're allowed
to and capable of repairing your own
devices and when you choose repair
you're literally saving the world and
that is genius