One man’s fight for the right to repair broken MacBooks

Re:One man’s fight for the right to repair broken MacBooks by einpoklum on Sunday May 23, 2021 @04:57PM (#27258532)

> It's also bad, because besides it essentially being theft

Nobody stole parts from Apple's warehouses.

So "essentially", it is not theft. Unless "essentially" means "by some outlandish, ridiculous, anti-popular and pro-corporate international legal fiction".

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Re:One man’s fight for the right to repair broken MacBooks by robocat on Sunday May 23, 2021 @05:14PM (#27258649)

I presume he is talking about phones stolen from consumers that have been parted out.

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Re:One man’s fight for the right to repair broken MacBooks by Nextgrid on Sunday May 23, 2021 @05:18PM (#27258679)

Nope I mean theft from the official factory. Given the working conditions, I wouldn't be surprised if the workers were smuggling out parts or were doing a whole "night run" for the secondary market (at higher prices than what Apple pays) in addition to the normal run.

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Re:One man’s fight for the right to repair broken MacBooks by monocasa on Sunday May 23, 2021 @06:01PM (#27259030)

Ghost shifts are getting rarer and rarer in the days of 24/7, nonstop manufacturing lines.

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