Apple's Proprietary Software Locks Kill Independent Repair on New MacBook Pros

Re:Apple's Proprietary Software Locks Kill Independent Repai... by pc86 on Friday October 05, 2018 @08:17AM (#18147480)

But if "the nature of the goods" required them to ship the laptop to Apple to have a diagnostic run after the repair, and that takes a few weeks?

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Re:Apple's Proprietary Software Locks Kill Independent Repai... by PhasmaFelis on Friday October 05, 2018 @08:44AM (#18147656)

It doesn't, though. There is nothing fundamental to the concept of a laptop that requires lengthy, licensed repair. That's the point of the law--you're allowed to be realistic about your product's needs, you're not allowed to deliberately make it harder than it has to be, so you can corner the repair market.

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