• CaptDust@sh.itjust.works
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    14 hours ago

    Well fuck. A lot of the OG decks are getting into battery replacement time, this is unfortunate if they really are discontinuing parts. I can’t blame valve to stop producing the older hardware but hopefully ifixit can work with them to line up reputable third party suppliers.

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      13 hours ago

      I’m confident that third-party batteries will come along in short order. I remember the early days when it took a week of research to find a “compatible” SSD replacement; a year later, scads of SKUs were being marketed as such, and at better prices.

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        12 hours ago

        Well, It will be much cheaper to source the battery replacement than any SSD for the next few years, that is for certain.