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California Lawmakers Unanimously Pass Right to Repair Legislation
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I’m really interested in why apple was so much against it before but are for it now. Maybe there’s an obvious reason, maybe not.
But I’m too tired to google this and dive further in.
It’s actually a very soft bill, it has no requirements to make hardware that is actually pro-consumer.
Which is likely why they switched to supporting it. It was this or more strict requirements in the future.
That's disheartening but I figured it had to be something like that. Ultimately then the danger will be thinking "great, now right to repair is fixed", plus Apple gets to claim they were altruistic. Ugh.
We fixed right to repair in 2023 just like we fixed racism by electing Obama in 2008
Can’t wait to see how you fix your healthcare system.
Duh, ObamaCare, what more could we ask for?
the tools will probably cost as much as the device and the replacement parts will be locked, requiring Apple s expensive tools
Apple won't be forced to change their current business practice if soldering everything to the logic board, security chips disabling devices after repairs unless unlocked with their proprietary software, etc, so it won't affect their monopolizing of the Apple repair market. They'll just have to offer logic boards for sale with a one pg PDF showing how to replace the board, and maybe they'll make the security software fix more available (which would still be huge). But 99% of their users likely wouldn't do it themselves anyway.
Either way, this is still a huge step in the right direction though!
When I worked at Apple, much of the repairing wasn't modular. Simply device replacement at a high fixed cost. They'd then cannibalize the surrendered devices for parts or repair them cheap, then make them replacement devices for the next person to come in. It made huge money.
possibly because allowing apple and other mfgs the right to DRM all replacement parts?
Apple was against it because if you have parts, you can build counterfit iPhones and stuff (read about that rationale years ago, take it with a grain of salt). Also, the repair market is quite lucrative forcing customers to buy new devices than actually fixing them. They were doing this with iPods way back in the day with irreplaceable batteries or batteries so pricey, "you may as well buy a new one".
No idea why they changed their tune. I could only imagine their revenue streams have leaned more into software now but I'm just an idiot online, what do I know.
If it's made from all genuine parts from the manufacturer, is it really a counterfeit device?
Try asking Bing. It gives multiple possible answers with references. Still have to check the references anyway because sometimes the references don't support the statements.