Re:Apple Shipped Me a 79-Pound iPhone Repair Kit to Fix a 1....
by pas on Saturday May 21, 2022 @11:18PM
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> If Apple had instead shipped batteries with instructions for pure DIY repair, we’d be reading ...
Hypothetical. Also they could simply provide the option.
They already don't take any responsibility anyway.
If someone wants to get it done with a high chance of success they already take it to an Apple store, or ship it to Apple.
> This whole article and the rage around it is beyond silly.
Yes and no. The article is mostly just tongue in cheek, trying to capitalize on the cheap shock value of the 79 pounds of tools... but the point it implicitly makes is that "right to repair" is not about tools, it's about repairability, design, serviceability, etc. (Which I think is a bit dumb, because most people don't want this, they want cheap phones every few years. What would be much much much better is to price in the externalities of that. Which would give a fighting chance to a vendor that competes on low externality by serviceability.)
Hypothetical. Also they could simply provide the option.
They already don't take any responsibility anyway.
If someone wants to get it done with a high chance of success they already take it to an Apple store, or ship it to Apple.
> This whole article and the rage around it is beyond silly.
Yes and no. The article is mostly just tongue in cheek, trying to capitalize on the cheap shock value of the 79 pounds of tools... but the point it implicitly makes is that "right to repair" is not about tools, it's about repairability, design, serviceability, etc. (Which I think is a bit dumb, because most people don't want this, they want cheap phones every few years. What would be much much much better is to price in the externalities of that. Which would give a fighting chance to a vendor that competes on low externality by serviceability.)