If any countries anywhere in the rest of the world had any balls whatsoever, 'right to repair' laws would have been put in place before companies like Apple were allowed to enter those markets. This is the kind of consumer rights issue you'd expect organisations like the EU to take a stand on (cf. mobile roaming charges). But everyone's so frightened of upsetting the likes of Apple, this is allowed to continue.

I single out Apple in particular as they actively go out of their way to make it as difficult as possible for anyone outside of Apple to undertake repairs: Schematics are not released and have to be sourced from unauthorised channels, many of which charge ridiculous amounts for dodgy copies, likewise with Boardview files. Also, many components on Apple boards have no markings at all, making it almost impossible to identify them, without reference to one of the 'top secret' schematics.

The whole setup stinks.

Thank god for free resources like:

http://www.apple-schematic.se