The Right to Repair could help address a critical shortage in school computers

Re:The Right to Repair could help address a critical shortag... by pbhjpbhj on Sunday September 06, 2020 @02:49PM (#24393654)

Well you can pretty much take products made by anyone else to any town repair shop (in UK) and have it replaced for far less than £80 (~$100).

That Apple repair probably costs them a tenner, and they're presumably primarily bringing you in to market new products to you.

Apple offer battery repair as part of their anti-competitive practices - they legally hassle other companies who offer repairs, because they want to make it hard and costly to drive the idea of disposability and sell more new products.

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Re:The Right to Repair could help address a critical shortag... by donor20 on Sunday September 06, 2020 @08:00PM (#24395659)

Can you name a single one of these tablet makers that you can go into any town repair shop to get repaired?

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Re:The Right to Repair could help address a critical shortag... by pbhjpbhj on Monday September 07, 2020 @08:51AM (#24399077)

Apple and Samsung are both repaired at the "phone shop" I used to pass on my way to work (I don't work in town now). Can't imagine a MS Surface, or a LG/Huawei/whatever device is much different if they can get an aftermarket battery.

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Re:The Right to Repair could help address a critical shortag... by donor20 on Monday September 07, 2020 @07:23PM (#24403760)

Fair point - checking the local repair places to me - they all actually lead with apple repairs in terms of being able to give a price / in stock etc. LG I guess they need to order LG Tab 10.1 - they were not actually stocking parts for at least that brand.

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