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SoftwarePatient5050 t1_j16xgvr wrote

Cool, but also pretty dumb considering that they were the ones who made their hardware so damned difficult to work on to begin with.

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masalion t1_j17o0yo wrote

Knowing nothing about the hardware, could they have made it simpler given how tightly packed their hardware tends to be?

I always assumed that the complexity made their size and weight reductions possible.

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Wirfaway t1_j17q0il wrote

Most repair professionals lobbying for right to repair actually acknowledge that and are totally fine with Apple making things more complex as a trade off for a sleeker device. Microsoldering is a skill people pay good money for. Funny enough, Apple is making things a bit easier to repair now (e.g. removal tape on laptop batteries) as it got even too hard for them to handle repairs themselves.

What third party repair professionals aren’t okay with is Apple purposely not providing board schematics, making deals with chip manufacturers to ensure that nobody can buy certain chips on the boards for repairs, and serializing parts ensuring certain things can never be replaced properly without Apple’s servers blessing it (e.g. screens, batteries, etc).

The idea is you should own your device you fully paid for and should have the right to fix it.

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Shoshke t1_j18hc5r wrote

In some instances yes, for example not using proprietary screws allowing for easier and less dangerous battery replacement.

In other not, like glueing the back panel or the general complexity of using multiple boards and delicate connectors and fine soldering.

The biggest gripe against apple though is they were fighting hard against independent repair shops.

I personally really like Lewis Rossman, he's probably the best know supporter of right to repair, but if you actually listen to his cricism it's ussualy very specific

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