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Lose Money on Repairs, Apple? an Absurd Claim, Say Critics

posted by Fnord666 on Saturday November 23 2019, @06:20PM   Printer-friendly
from the make-it-right-the-first-time dept.

MrPlow writes:

Submitted via IRC for Runaway1956_

Right to repair advocates have described Apple's recent claim to lose money on repairs as 'absurd' and 'misleading.'

Apple made the claim to a Congressional judiciary committee investigating, among other things, whether Apple's locked-down approach to device repairs is anti-competitive...

Apple has always insisted that its control of the repair process is for reasons of safety and reliability. Others have, however, argued that Apple is deliberately preventing customers from obtaining lower-cost repairs from independent shops in order to force them to use Apple Stores.

Source: https://9to5mac.com/2019/11/21/lose-money-on-repairs/

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  • (Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday November 23 2019, @07:45PM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday November 23 2019, @07:45PM (#923930)

    Only Welfare Niggers carry $2000 iPhones.

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  • (Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday November 23 2019, @11:56PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday November 23 2019, @11:56PM (#924001)

    Any faux affluent individuals try and pretend they are hip by owning Apple products. It's been that way since the 1990s, outside of a few desktop publishing professionals for whom it made sense.

    • (Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday November 24 2019, @01:55AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Sunday November 24 2019, @01:55AM (#924041)

      Remember when Michael David Crawford was alive and coding exclusively for Apple products used by faux affluent individuals to try and pretend they are hip? Those were the days.