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Apple, Google & Microsoft Have Teamed up to Block the Right-to-Repair Law
Apple, Google & Microsoft Have Teamed up to Block the Right-to-Repair Law:
Bloomberg today released a report on how companies like Apple, Microsoft, Amazon, and Google are working together to put a stop to laws that would make it necessary for companies to provide device schematics, genuine repair parts, and repair manuals to independent repair technicians.
Almost 27 states have considered the laws in 2021 alone, but in more than half of them, the laws have been voted down or dismissed. Many lobbyists and trade groups representing tech companies have fought hard against this law with Apple pointing out that such measures could lead to device damage or consumers harming themselves when attempting to repair their devices.
In Washington, for example, Washington House of Representatives Democrat Mia Gregerson sponsored a Right to Repair measure that was fought by Microsoft, Google, Amazon, along with lobbyists representing Apple. Lobbyists later said that Apple would endorse repair programs at local colleges if the bill was dropped.
Also at Bloomberg and MacRumors.
See also: Leaked Apple Documents Inadvertently Helped the Right-to-Repair Movement
Louis Rossmann Starts a GoFundMe to Get "Right to Repair" Legistation Passed Through a Direct Ballot
Summary Louis Rossmann, electronics repairman and YouTuber, has started a nonprofit and GoFundMe campaign to fight to get right to repair legislation passed through direct ballot initiatives. For years Louis has talked about the importance of right to repair and how it has become more difficult t...
Right to repair series - Louis Rossmann
In this series he specifically explains why we need better right to repair laws.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KyM7FxEaShI
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(Score: 5, Informative) by sjames on Friday May 21 2021, @09:22PM
Fine and dandy it it's soldered by necessity, solder stations aren't that expensive. But they don't stop there. The replacement parts that you might choose to solder in are made unavailable, the cases are glued shut when screws and a gasket would work as well or better. The ever so breakable glass is glued to the display such that you need an expensive and specialized laser device to burn the glue out. Then the genuine replacement parts can only be sourced from otherwise broken phones and the firmware is rigged to detect 3rd party parts and "malfunction" if found.
You should watch some of Rossmann's videos where he does $100 repairs after the "Geniuses" claimed only a $1500 replacement was possible. There are also shops that can retrieve irreplaceable data from a damaged iPhone after Apple said the data was gone forever. Apple is doing it's best to put them out of business.