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Apple now endorses Right to Repair legislation (www.404media.co)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I believe this is genuine support of the bill from Apple. Between Right to Repair winning in Massachusetts and the EU demanding compliance, I think Apple decided to flip the script. They would want to continue the illusion of customer friendly tech.

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago (1 children)

My exact thoughts.

The last time they "supported" rtr, they locked parts to the firmware. Yeah, you can switch between them, but then had to take it to Apple to reregister the parts, which they would only do if they were brand new and genuine. Apple is a snake in tall grass.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I see EU mentioned somewhere. The legislation here was created to give the end consumer the right to repair by their own means; if they are to pull a stunt like that it is probably going to blow on their hands.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I hope you're right. But apple has a tendency of skirting these law.