Out of 320 comments only one notice this PR quoted Jeff. And not anyone else.
I read this as Jeff is on the supporting side and pushed for it within Apple. ( Which is inline with Post Steve Jobs PR pattern ) And Despite both Jeff and Tim Cook joining at about the same time and both in operation. Jeff and Tim Cook has a very different personality. At least Jeff has a product mind set.
Re:Apple announces Self Service Repair
by nojito on Wednesday November 17, 2021 @06:56PM
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Jeff is the COO why would anyone else comment on this?
Re:Apple announces Self Service Repair
by threeseed on Wednesday November 17, 2021 @02:48PM
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> and it was quite intentionally designed for users to upgrade and repair
Only for the battery.
Failure rates on the memory and hard drive components were far higher than we have today. And it didn't benefit Apple at that time to be soldering them to the logic board since thinness wasn't a concern i.e. due to the DVD drive dictating size.
Re:Apple announces Self Service Repair
by snowwrestler on Wednesday November 17, 2021 @03:01PM
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I replaced both memory and HD in that machine myself easily. The HD was under the same hatch as the battery.
Also it’s not accurate to say these are things Apple would never do before. I have an Apple MacBook Pro from 2009 and it was quite intentionally designed for users to upgrade and repair. And that was when they were much more purely a hardware company, with little services revenue or goals.
I just don’t see the overarching narrative that you do.