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

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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