The Vergecast · August 18, 2026 · 23m

A repair shop’s guide to surviving RAMageddon

The Vergecast talks with Leo Mastrolia, a repair shop owner known as the Digital Doctor, about the current state of gadget repair and the challenges of a parts shortage they're calling RAMageddon. They discuss how rising prices, declining gadget quality, and supply chain issues are affecting consumers and the repair industry, and Mastrolia shares practical advice for keeping devices running and making smarter upgrade decisions.

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A repair shop's view on rising costs and declining quality

Mastrolia explains that from his repair shop perspective, gadget prices are climbing while build quality is dropping, making devices harder to repair and less reliable overall.

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The RAMageddon parts crisis

A shortage of repair components, dubbed RAMageddon, is making it harder for repair shops to source the parts needed to keep customers' devices running.

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