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Apple backs national right-to-repair bill, offering parts, manuals, and tools | Repair advocates say Apple's move is beneficial, but also strategic (arstechnica.com)
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Apple backs national right-to-repair bill, offering parts, manuals, and tools | Repair advocates say Apple's move is beneficial, but also strategic::Repair advocates say Apple's move is beneficial, but also strategic.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

That's what they aren't doing, though. They're trying to rig it where the only parts that will work are new ones purchased from them. They're also making third party repairmen have a nearly impossible time to do it for you due to all this call in and activate part nonsense.