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The key bit is "their machine that they can't see nor access". If I could easily clean out my macbook's fans, I would, for regular maintenance, so it doesn't get to that point. It feeling like I'm risking everything but simply opening it up increases the liklihood that it will get to the point of needing repair.

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You're in a small small minority who spends time cleaning fans to avoid slow down of a machine. The rest of the world only care when they hit that point after which they send their machine in for service.

I took apart a 2010 Mac mini the other to install an SSD. It’s basically been running non-stop since new in a corner of our office for over a decade. Sure, there was some dust but it wasn’t at the point where it would affect performance. A quick wipe with a soft paint brush and it was as good as new — the first time we had ever opened this machine.

I don’t understand the insistence that we must regularly clean our computers, it seems daft. Maybe vacuum your house/office once in a while. The computer breathes the same air as you.

I think the main point was serviceability, possibility of cleaning being one reason you might want to, another being an SSD install.

On my mac, I'm not a part of any group, because I'm highly discouraged from doing so. I can with my stupid gaming pc, because it's literally 3 screws, and if that's beyond the capacity for people to do occasionally, then that's a pretty fucking low standard. To me it should be like blowing leaves out of your cars engine compartment. If people around me don't do it, even though it's extremely easy, then that's fine. If people feel like "only the ford dealer can fix this" then that's not fine.

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