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Re:Colorado passes agricultural Right to Repair by crooked-v on Tuesday April 11, 2023 @08:38PM (#35533655)
Apple's repair kits are a weird comparison here. The rental is $49, and that's probably at cost or close to it given the shipping costs both ways for a 79-pound box.

There's nothing malicious compliance about it... it's just a pain in the ass to repair modern ultra-light and ultra-efficient phones the "right" way.

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Re:Colorado passes agricultural Right to Repair by Double_a_92 on Wednesday April 12, 2023 @03:35AM (#35536188)
To be fair that kit doesn't need to be that heavy... It's basically just a heating element with nice frames to hold the phone.
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Re:Colorado passes agricultural Right to Repair by elsjaako on Wednesday April 12, 2023 @01:50PM (#35543775)
What the phone repair companies want is to be able to buy parts (without all the weird rules that apple has for licensed companies now).

The repair shops can figure out how to glue a screen to a housing on their own. The problem is they can't buy new parts, and they can't swap used parts because of software locks.

Apple very much found a way to allow repairs while preventing it from being profitable, and it's likely John Deere will (try to) do the same.

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