It's your device, you should be able to repair it

Re:It's your device, you should be able to repair it by omgwtfbyobbq on Friday May 07, 2021 @10:30AM (#27076294)

The money can do that, but it can also go to their bottom line instead, or even be used to lobby against stuff like Right to Repair.

Who knows, the amount Apple has spent lobbying may have allowed them to create a more repairable iphone without increasing consumer prices.

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Re:It's your device, you should be able to repair it by jpttsn on Monday May 10, 2021 @07:32AM (#27104780)

I don’t think that’s how it works.

Apple makes about 38% on hardware, right?

Suppose I pay $100 “extra” for an iPhone thanks to limited repairability.

Without that $100, Apple would have to find $38 somewhere else.

As I don’t value repairability, all the options seem worse.

Maybe it would make me $100 happier at the cost of $38 to Apple’s “bottom line”. But I don’t think they would like that investment strategy.

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Re:It's your device, you should be able to repair it by omgwtfbyobbq on Saturday May 15, 2021 @02:30PM (#27167674)

It's gone beyond that. Apple matches parts in their phones so that only Apple can replace certain things, which I believe increases the cost of their products a little.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/thenational/complete-control-apple-a...

At the same time, restricting how and what customers can repair is good for future phone/etc sales, which I imagine it's why they're doing it.

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