• SGG@lemmy.world
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    2 years ago

    Apple support their version of right to repair.

    You have the right to repair your Apple device on their terms, with their overpriced tools, with their overpriced parts, following their restrictive terms, and authenticate almost every repair with Apple.

    If you try and get a part from another supplier, or source your own genuine parts from dead devices that’s going to cause “bugs”, like faceID or auto brightness not working if you have the audacity to repair “their” device.

    They’re also going to work like hell to use any loophole that allows them to deny self repair.

    Remember, it’s Apple’s device, you’re just using it.

    Yes, this reads jaded as hell. But given all the things Apple have done to deny self or 3rd party repair it’s hardly lies.

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      2 years ago

      Also the part price is almost the same as just giving it to apple to repair themselves.

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    2 years ago

    Pretty sure they are turning around as a similar bill is in preparation in Europe that they won’t be able to stop it so they want to get ahead of the curve and come out as supporters.

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    2 years ago

    This makes me wonder what is in that bill that would cause Apple to support it given their history

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      It’s most likely mostly that they’ll have to sway that way no matter if they like it or not in Europe and they aren’t going to make different phones for the different markets, so they flip the PR machine towards pretending THEM coming up with supporting right to repair, instead of being forced to by the EU.

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      Maybe not as hard of what they expect the EU bringing to the table and they want to get ahead and get some right yo repair on their own terms before the EU finished cooking something harsher

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    2 years ago

    oh so this means they’ll stop soldering ram and SSD’s to motherboards?

    yeah… not really repairable without a reflow setup, thanks Apple.

  • MrFagtron9000@lemmy.world
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    2 years ago

    Are they supporting it so that they can gimp it?

    We support the right to repair! Starting now all keycaps will be replaceable. Anything on the motherboard is off limits though or the display or the battery or the ports or the camera.