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Apple Emails Reveal Internal Debate on Right to Repair - iFixit:
The emails show the high profile of Right to Repair inside Apple as leaders debate how to respond to a request for comment on an upcoming column. "The piece is using [Senator] Warren's new right to repair for agriculture to talk about the broader right to repair effort and plans to use Apple as a symbol in that fight. We're meeting with everyone shortly about the overall strategy and then I'll connect with [Greg 'Joz' Joswiak]." The email goes on, "Appelbaum has, of course, talked with iFixIt [sic] and others." They're right about that!
The conversation resulted in a set of talking points that Kaiann Drance, VP of Marketing, talked through with Appelbaum. Afterwards, Apple PR wrote, "Kaiann did a great job and emphasized the need for a thoughtful approach to repair policy because of how important it is to balance customer safety with access to more convenient repairs."
Apple was less convincing than they hoped. The editorial, carrying the weight of the Times' entire Editorial Board, came out forcefully in favor of Right to Repair. Of Apple specifically, the Times remarked, "The company is welcome to persuade people to patronize its own repair facilities, or to buy new iPhones. But there ought to be a law against forcing the issue."
See, also: Magnuson–Moss Warranty Act.
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Monday August 03 2020, @07:26PM (7 children)
In this case, I think "good enough" is better than "less bad". Apple is not "good enough" for me to put my hard-earned money down.
(Score: 1) by fustakrakich on Monday August 03 2020, @07:37PM (6 children)
But degrees of "bad" still remain relevant for some purpose?
La politica e i criminali sono la stessa cosa..
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Monday August 03 2020, @07:53PM (2 children)
Yes - compare John Deere to Apple's apparent position. John Deere offers no compromise, nothing. They'll take five year's projected earnings of a farm family for a tractor, then abandon that family when the tractor breaks down. At least Apple is only taking a couple weeks to a couple months earnings from most people.
(Score: 5, Insightful) by Grishnakh on Monday August 03 2020, @09:25PM
That's not really true. Apple charges whatever the market will bear, and what maximizes their profit, which is the same as John Deere. Deere's products are simply, by their nature, much more expensive, and the market can bear much higher prices (or else competitors would be selling similar products for a fraction of the cost). Apple would lose too many customers if they quadrupled their iPhone prices, which would lower their profit, so they don't do it. But make no mistake: if Apple could get people to pay a year's salary for an iPhone, they'd happily do so.
(Score: 2) by PartTimeZombie on Monday August 03 2020, @10:07PM
Presumably both John Deere and Apple will do what huge corporations do when profits are threatened, and write legislation protecting themselves then paying to have it passed.
The best government money can buy.
(Score: 5, Touché) by Immerman on Monday August 03 2020, @09:29PM (2 children)
Saints and unicorns are hard to come by - everything else is some degree of bad. The real world is one long string of compromises stretching from cradle to grave.
(Score: 1) by fustakrakich on Monday August 03 2020, @10:53PM (1 child)
:-) Maybe the grave to cradle part will rehabilitate them
La politica e i criminali sono la stessa cosa..
(Score: 2) by Immerman on Monday August 03 2020, @11:29PM
I'm sure _this_ year will be the one where it finally happens.