Sounds like a classic EEE scheme. There’s no way in hell apple would actually support this without ulterior motives.
Hell freezes over as Apple supports right-to-repair bill
Submitted 1 year ago by fne8w2ah@lemmy.world to technology@lemmy.world
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/08/hell-freezes-over-as-apple-supports-right-to-repair-bill/
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nottheengineer@feddit.de 1 year ago
Nia@reddthat.com 1 year ago
I think it’s to save face since they’re going to have to in the EU anyway, what better way to get good PR than to pretend you’ve had a change of heart and make more sales in the process
nottheengineer@feddit.de 1 year ago
That would mean they have actually given up, which I highly doubt.
nyoooom@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Pretty sure they are turning around as a similar bill is in preparation in Europe that they won’t be able to stop it so they want to get ahead of the curve and come out as supporters.
NeoNachtwaechter@lemmy.world 1 year ago
At least, that’s what they want to make you believe…
xkforce@lemmy.world 1 year ago
This makes me wonder what is in that bill that would cause Apple to support it given their history
BlackEco@lemmy.blackeco.com 1 year ago
Apple’s letter also asked that the bill “focus on requiring manufacturers obligations to provide the documentation tools, and parts to enable the repairs performed by authorized repair channels, as opposed to a broader undefined scope of repairs.” Apple also wants repair providers to mention when they’re using “non-genuine or used” components.
The bill, as written, also requires non-authorized repairers to provide written notice of their lack of official vendor approval.
Elizabeth Chamberlain, director of sustainability at iFixit, told Ars Technica that while disclosing the use of third-party parts is reasonable, she’s concerned that it “supports unnecessary fear-mongering around used and third-party parts.”
“I also worry that lumping used and third-party parts together will contribute to further confusion. Apple’s ‘unable to verify’ warnings already blur the line between those categories,” she added.
In short, this bill allows Apple to encourage people to repair their devices at Apple-certified repair shops by marketing them as better as non-certified ones.
weedazz@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Mfi certified ifixit coming soon?
ikidd@lemmy.world 1 year ago
To be fair, most mechanics will give you the choice of OEM parts or jobber. Most people understand the difference is minimal but it keeps the OEM part price in line.
ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.de 1 year ago
Louis Rossmann is skeptical but he read the bill draft and could not pinpoint any poison pills or potential loopholes.
Endorkend@kbin.social 1 year ago
It's most likely mostly that they'll have to sway that way no matter if they like it or not in Europe and they aren't going to make different phones for the different markets, so they flip the PR machine towards pretending THEM coming up with supporting right to repair, instead of being forced to by the EU.
Chariotwheel@kbin.social 1 year ago
Maybe not as hard of what they expect the EU bringing to the table and they want to get ahead and get some right yo repair on their own terms before the EU finished cooking something harsher
HellAwaits@lemm.ee 1 year ago
Uh no, hell did not freeze over.
You would have to be insanely naive to think Apple didn’t change anything to make the bill practically useless against them.
Haui@discuss.tchncs.de 1 year ago
This is the best headline I have read in my life. The person that came up with it is a genius.
(It‘s news from yesterday but I wanted to comment on the headline)
autotldr@lemmings.world [bot] 1 year ago
This is the best summary I could come up with:
In a letter dated August 22, Apple showed its support for California’s right-to-repair bill, SB 244, after spending years combatting DIY repair efforts.
As reported by TechCrunch, the letter, written to California state Senator Susan Eggman, declared that Apple supports SB 244 and urged the legislature to pass it.
California’s final bill “should balance device integrity, usability, and physical safety” with the right to repair, Apple’s letter reportedly says.
Apple’s letter is a reverse-course on the battle against right-to-repair efforts that it’s been fighting for a decade, as noted via Repair.org Executive Director Gay Gordon-Byrne through a US PIRG press release Wednesday.
That includes in California, where in 2019, The Verge and Motherboard reported that an Apple representative met with legislators, encouraging them to kill a right-to-repair bill over alleged consumer safety concerns.
Nathan Proctor, senior director of US Public Interest Research Group’s (PIRG’s) Right to Repair Campaign, wagered a guess to Ars:
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SGG@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Apple support their version of right to repair.
You have the right to repair your Apple device on their terms, with their overpriced tools, with their overpriced parts, following their restrictive terms, and authenticate almost every repair with Apple.
If you try and get a part from another supplier, or source your own genuine parts from dead devices that’s going to cause “bugs”, like faceID or auto brightness not working if you have the audacity to repair “their” device.
They’re also going to work like hell to use any loophole that allows them to deny self repair.
Remember, it’s Apple’s device, you’re just using it.
Yes, this reads jaded as hell. But given all the things Apple have done to deny self or 3rd party repair it’s hardly lies.
wheelie@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Also the part price is almost the same as just giving it to apple to repair themselves.