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- azalty ( @azalty@jlai.lu ) English48•1 year ago
I’m sure they’ll find a way to sell their components at full price just like what they do right now. They’ll surely keep their DRMs in place and prevent repairs with other components.
If they support it, it is because they modified it enough so that they benefit from it.
- CaptObvious ( @CaptObvious@literature.cafe ) 11•1 year ago
Any idea what prompted this about face?
- Kevin Herrera ( @kherge@beehaw.org ) English17•1 year ago
Pessimistic: Apple lawyers have arguments prepared that DRM’ing individual components does not violate this law.
Less Pessimistic: Apple got a sufficient head start in supporting third-party repairs that it would be beneficial for them to get this law passed so that other manufacturers scramble to catch up.
- CaptObvious ( @CaptObvious@literature.cafe ) 1•1 year ago
Good points. It may also be that someone else is already out in front of this, and Apple is trying to catch up.
- Zanz ( @Zanz@lemmy.ml ) English7•1 year ago
The last time it failed it was supposed to come back with allowing modules instead of parts. Apple would be fine with selling “modules” as they consider their devices to be top case, bottom case, motherboard, battery, and screen (has stuff attached.) If they can have a needs calibration some where to shame 3rd party repairs and not allow board level repair it is just what they wanted.
- CaptObvious ( @CaptObvious@literature.cafe ) 3•1 year ago
Fair point.
- TropicalMustafa ( @TropicalMustafa@lemmy.ml ) 10•1 year ago
Just to make it useless like in NYC?
- PuppyOSAndCoffee ( @PuppyOSAndCoffee@lemmy.ml ) 6•1 year ago
What about battery, ram and storage in laptops?
Right to repair doesn’t mean you can.
- Dizzy Devil Ducky ( @AceFuzzLord@lemm.ee ) English6•1 year ago
The same way I am extremely skeptical on macrohard supporting right to repair bills, I am very skeptical of appl€ doing the exact same thing. Ain’t no way they ain’t gonna spin it in a way that forces you to either be stuck with macO$ or Bimbows so they can shut out both gøøgl€ and Linux/BSD/whatever else.