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Re:Apple’s independent repair program is invasive to shops a... by ClumsyPilot on Thursday February 06, 2020 @07:50PM (#22262135)
The old chestnut goes: People that give up liberty for safety deserve neither.

Which secure elements are you concerned about, and please be specific? Is replacing the screen putting you at risk? How about the charging chip?

This is really infuriating, but maybe we get what we deserve - you can literally take away people's essentials rights to do with their property as they see fit, and they will cheer for it! This, I find, is a good overview:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5cRU3_XaM0

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Re:Apple’s independent repair program is invasive to shops a... by rimliu on Friday February 07, 2020 @05:19AM (#22264648)
That old chestnut should die.

https://techcrunch.com/2014/02/14/how-the-world-butchered-be...

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Re:Apple’s independent repair program is invasive to shops a... by RcouF1uZ4gsC on Thursday February 06, 2020 @08:05PM (#22262236)
From a liberty point of you, aren't you taking away Apple's freedom of association and forcing it to share it's proprietary information with competitors?

Apple is free to have the repair policies they like, and I am free to buy or not buy Apple with their repair policies forming one of the inputs for my decision.

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Re:Apple’s independent repair program is invasive to shops a... by lordcorvin1 on Thursday February 06, 2020 @09:37PM (#22262762)
There's no need to share proprietary information to be able to repair things. Take a PC, you can repair it easily without infringing on Intel and AMD patents. Your argument is flawed
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Re:Apple’s independent repair program is invasive to shops a... by baq on Friday February 07, 2020 @04:31AM (#22264435)
why should a 300 billion-in-cash-or-whatever corporation enjoy the same freedoms as joe citizen? it doesn't make sense in a world in which money buys you more money, more lawyers, more freedom, more choices in general.
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