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Re:Apple's Proprietary Software Locks Kill Independent Repai... by fermienrico on Thursday October 04, 2018 @09:17PM (#18144989)
My opinion about Apple has changed recently. They're now actively promoting privacy and I am OK with trading repairability with privacy.

Also, Louis Rossmann on Youtube one of the most vile, deeply corrosive personalities out there and his audience enjoys the bashing of Apple left and right. He has essentially marketed himself as Anti-Apple and his message is always "Apple is Evil".

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Re:Apple's Proprietary Software Locks Kill Independent Repai... by pnw_hazor on Thursday October 04, 2018 @11:45PM (#18145589)
Watching Rossmann vids is why I have given up on Apple.

He points out bad engineering/manufacturing in $2000+ laptops and I agree with his insights regarding how Apple makes it seem like the customer/user is wrong to cover their bad engineering.

Ala -- the antenna is fine, it's your fault you have bad reception. You are not holding the phone correctly

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Re:Apple's Proprietary Software Locks Kill Independent Repai... by killaken2000 on Friday October 05, 2018 @12:17AM (#18145727)
Blame the consumer and sell a fix. Think Different.

https://venturebeat.com/2010/06/24/steve-jobs-on-iphone-4-re...

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Re:Apple's Proprietary Software Locks Kill Independent Repai... by snowwrestler on Friday October 05, 2018 @12:07AM (#18145679)
> Ala -- the antenna is fine, it's your fault you have bad reception. You are not holding the phone correctly

But it turned out Apple was right about that; the iPhone 4 sold for years after the bumper program ended and with high consumer satisfaction.

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Re:Apple's Proprietary Software Locks Kill Independent Repai... by andrewflnr on Thursday October 04, 2018 @09:21PM (#18145006)
Even if anyone had mentioned Rossman, your second paragraph is one of the most textbook ad hominem arguments it's possible to make.
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Re:Apple's Proprietary Software Locks Kill Independent Repai... by busterarm on Friday October 05, 2018 @01:20AM (#18145903)
Yeah, what a baseless, unprovoked attack that was.
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Re:Apple's Proprietary Software Locks Kill Independent Repai... by FireBeyond on Thursday October 04, 2018 @09:35PM (#18145061)
How on earth is this being spun into "Apple protecting your privacy!"?

This is the RDF in action.

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Re:Apple's Proprietary Software Locks Kill Independent Repai... by qubax on Thursday October 04, 2018 @10:37PM (#18145311)
It's amazing how so many of these comments read like Apple PR.

"I trust Apple to run this CA and gate access to it _far_ more than I trust my personal self to do so. This security improvement will make me safer, as well as my non-engineer coworkers, and my mom."

Holy goodness. In the 2000s it was Google will save the world "Do no evil". Now it's Apple "Keeps us safe".

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Re:Apple's Proprietary Software Locks Kill Independent Repai... by solomatov on Thursday October 04, 2018 @10:29PM (#18145278)
Why do you think malicious actors won't get their hands on these programs?
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