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A comment on Apple Shipped Me a 79-Pound iPhone Repair Kit to Fix a 1.1-Ounce Battery. Parent comment

Re:Apple Shipped Me a 79-Pound iPhone Repair Kit to Fix a 1.... by gjsman-1000 on Saturday May 21, 2022 @09:58AM (#31457985)
Did you even research the program? Apple’s SSR store will happily sell you the parts without the toolkit if you want to improvise and use the iFixIt method of repair. You are not required to buy or rent any tools when placing an order.
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Re:Apple Shipped Me a 79-Pound iPhone Repair Kit to Fix a 1.... by Nextgrid on Saturday May 21, 2022 @10:26AM (#31458203)
> Did you even research the program?

Yes, I did. I summarized my thoughts on it here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31458161

I still stand by my opinion that this is malicious compliance to prevent formal Right To Repair legislation - not necessarily about the tooling (indeed, optionally providing tooling is a good move) but the fact that besides the problems mentioned in the linked comment, the actual selection of parts is minimal, hopefully for the time being.

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