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Apple: iPhones Are Too 'Complex' To Allow Unauthorized Repair (vice.com)
Jason Koebler writes: Apple's top environmental officer made the company's most extensive statements about the repairability of Apple hardware on Tuesday: "Our first thought is, 'You don't need to repair this.' When you do, we want the repair to be fairly priced and accessible to you," Lisa Jackson, Apple's vice president of policy and social initiatives said at TechCrunch Disrupt in San Francisco. "To think about these very complex products and say the answer to all our problems is that you should have anybody to repair and have access to the parts is not looking at the whole problem."
Apple has lobbied against "Fair Repair" bills in 11 states that would require the company to make its repair guides available and to sell replacement parts to the general public. Instead, it has focused on an "authorized service provider" model that allows the company to control the price and availability of repair.
Apple has lobbied against "Fair Repair" bills in 11 states that would require the company to make its repair guides available and to sell replacement parts to the general public. Instead, it has focused on an "authorized service provider" model that allows the company to control the price and availability of repair.
I'm not the same AC as GP, but people often don't care if they're "contributing" to a topic. Can you even define that objectively? You're attempting to silence with no substantial argument or reasoning.
Then again, the incumbent posting strategy on Slashdot is to inflate the ego and insult others, so it's not like legitimate discourse is going to be found here to begin with.