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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: 5, Interesting) by bzipitidoo on Tuesday August 04 2020, @02:08AM
I saw that bit of lame fearmongering too. Note how vaguely it was put. No mention of any specifics, certainly not any threats. The unknown is scarier.
And, safety for whom and what? Not us! It's safety of their profits, that's what! Microsoft has been pulling that one for decades, trying to propagandize DRM as a safety feature for the users. It's an insult to our intelligence that they expect people to swallow that one.
To hear these sellers of walled garden access tell it, cyberspace is swarming with shady hackers ready to infect your computer. That the default setting is to allow all kinds access and skimp on real safety measures somehow goes unmentioned. Their lockdown, forced obsolescence, and takeback crap has done me more harm than any virus ever has. I can imagine Hal 9000 saying "I'm sorry Dave, it would be unsafe."