IMHO: Independent repair shops are collateral damage in Apple's fight against fraud and counterfeiters.
If I was King, I would legislate that Apple's regard for independents to improve from malign neglect to official support. Any part in any product can be bought for cost plus s/h with an iCloud account. And maybe a public FTP site with product specs, schematics, BOMs and whatever else.
That Rossmann, and others, have to salvage parts just to do repairs is ridiculous.
Edit strikeout per reply: ~~I'm fine with independent repairs voiding warranties.~~
For the Right to Repair movement, even though Apple is far from the worst (probably John Deere), I'm fine with the strategic choice of using them as the marque villain.
Source: Was tech at an Apple dealer when I was kid. Long time fan. Have repaired plenty of gear.
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Separately: I've love for Apple to respond to the many design criticisms. Does anyone know if they continue to tweak outside of the model year product release cycles?
I'm ambivalent about Rossmann's criticisms about screws, glue, and so forth. There's always design and manufacturing tradeoffs. Glue and direct mount to improve reliability at the expense of repairability. If I cared, I'd get a corporate Dell laptop, which are terrifically repairable.
Dell and Lenovo make their repair manuals available online for free . They are still thriving and selling pc’s . There are even dedicated 3rd party sites (Parts people and others) that sell the parts to their laptops.
PCs are commodities, so what would you expect. Apple’s entire selling point is that their products are not commodities. Apple’s business is not like Dell’s or Lenovo’s.
What you have shown is that there is no reason to force Apple to do anything because anyone who wants a PC that can be repaired by a street corner repairman, can buy a Dell or Lenovo.
In case of Apple Right to Repair is mostly about making apple stop anticompetitive practices, not forcing them to "do work". For example we want apple to stop linking its part supply deals with no third party sale contracts.
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[ 0.24 ms ] story [ 45.6 ms ] threadIf I was King, I would legislate that Apple's regard for independents to improve from malign neglect to official support. Any part in any product can be bought for cost plus s/h with an iCloud account. And maybe a public FTP site with product specs, schematics, BOMs and whatever else.
That Rossmann, and others, have to salvage parts just to do repairs is ridiculous.
Edit strikeout per reply: ~~I'm fine with independent repairs voiding warranties.~~
For the Right to Repair movement, even though Apple is far from the worst (probably John Deere), I'm fine with the strategic choice of using them as the marque villain.
Source: Was tech at an Apple dealer when I was kid. Long time fan. Have repaired plenty of gear.
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Separately: I've love for Apple to respond to the many design criticisms. Does anyone know if they continue to tweak outside of the model year product release cycles?
I'm ambivalent about Rossmann's criticisms about screws, glue, and so forth. There's always design and manufacturing tradeoffs. Glue and direct mount to improve reliability at the expense of repairability. If I cared, I'd get a corporate Dell laptop, which are terrifically repairable.
So no trade secrets for Apple?
Let’s destroy a successful business upon whom millions depend for work, just to support a few small repair shops.
Forcing someone to release their documents is a whole other thing.
Easy for you to say trade secrets are not an advantage for Apple. Perhaps you are just wrong.
What you have shown is that there is no reason to force Apple to do anything because anyone who wants a PC that can be repaired by a street corner repairman, can buy a Dell or Lenovo.
This is already against the law in the united states and has been for some time.