I believe this is genuine support of the bill from Apple. Between Right to Repair winning in Massachusetts and the EU demanding compliance, I think Apple decided to flip the script. They would want to continue the illusion of customer friendly tech.
I believe this is genuine support of the bill from Apple. Between Right to Repair winning in Massachusetts and the EU demanding compliance, I think Apple decided to flip the script. They would want to continue the illusion of customer friendly tech.
A repair bill supported by Apple most likely not a bill I want. It is hard to imagine Apple will loosen it’s tight grip.
Yup, they basically said they will only support it as long as:
So the way I read it - Apple see they are losing the right to repair fight so now want to flip sides so they can better control the laws that get put in place to better quite their needs by cutting off the teeth of any bills all the while claiming they are supporting right to repair for PR purposes.
New Anti-Consumer MacBook Pros - Teardown And Repair Assessment - Apple Silicon M1/M2
Proofed. Support a defective bill and create an anti-repair product.
Apple isn’t in charge of Right to Repair.
We probably want it, but can get more with another
Kind of like they support this because they want to stop or slow down a more broad bill from passing in the near future
Or loose more. The devil is in the details.
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