Ah, so this is effectively identical to Apple’s approach to repairability.
Comment on [Louis Rossmann] Google supports right to repair? Think again.
helenslunch@feddit.nl 10 months ago
Louis has a tendency to ramble so I’ll give you the tl:dw
Google plans to make parts available but at the level that they should, so they’ll continue to be absurdly expensive to the point that it’s too expensive to even bother.
poopkins@lemmy.world 10 months ago
helenslunch@feddit.nl 10 months ago
No, I don’t think Apple sells any components at all and they intentionally make sure the phone doesn’t work properly after you replace them.
mxcory@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 months ago
Apple sells parts and rents tool kits.
helenslunch@feddit.nl 10 months ago
They sell a select few parts, from which you’re FORCED to rent these stupid and unnecessary tool kits and then spend all day on the phone with Apple getting them to completely unnecessarily approve the repair with their servers.
Also you still cannot take it to a 3rd party store for this repair. You literally HAVE to DIY it at home.
chiliedogg@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Yep. If your USB port breaks, they want you to replace the entire motherboard for a thousand bucks.
Deello@lemm.ee 10 months ago
In other words, they took the Apple approach to right to repair. Disappointing but not unexpected. This is the same company that got rid of their “don’t be evil” motto after all.
tabular@lemmy.world 10 months ago
More specifically they don’t make “parts” available but “parts assemblies” - a large collection of parts attached together. Replacing one part requires buying ones you do not need, and replacing a part is a fallback when you can’t actually repair the part, which can require parts of a part (e.g. a chip on a circuit board).