Probably marketing, and hoping California doesn’t make it worse for them.
ZagamTheVile@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Yeah, this isn’t suspicious in any way. Totally on the up and up.
ilinamorato@lemmy.world 11 months ago
coffeebiscuit@lemmy.world 11 months ago
No, the right to repair apple supports is the one they can control. You have the rights, but you need to buy the parts from them, you need to buy the specialized tools from them, with their terms en conditions.
In other words: you’d be better to let Apple repair the stuf cheaper instead of repairing it yourselves.
Obi@sopuli.xyz 11 months ago
"get your iScrewdriver for only $999"
- iScrews sold separately for $99.99 each
DampSquid@feddit.uk 11 months ago
iScrewdriver stands now available for only $799
ilinamorato@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Ars did the math, and they said that people with the know-how will be financially better-off renting the tools and doing the repairs themselves than getting them done at Apple. It’s not a great deal, but it’s probably enough to get California regulators off their backs.
poopkins@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I suspect that they have found a loophole in the current bill’s wording and don’t want it to be changed.
EmpathicVagrant@lemmy.world 11 months ago
They charge an insane amount for you to rent a repair kit for a short time to also order parts and do it yourself with no training. It’ll be ‘available’ you can self repair, but not likely.
poopkins@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Plus, you will still need their software to enable a replacement chip due to serialization. From my understanding, this entire aspect isn’t addressed in the current wording of the bill.
vale@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
I can’t think of any reason why Apple, which has historically been against the right to repair, wouldn’t support this!