Petr Škuta Apple is fighting by all means against new legislation in California that would allow users to repair their devices. Although everything seems logical at first glance, Cupertino's argument has some flaws.
In recent weeks, an Apple representative and a lobbyist for the association of the largest technology companies, ComTIA, joined forces to fight against the new law in California. The new legislation would legally establish the right to repair owned equipment. In other words, every user could repair the purchased device.
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David Hanak Both actors met with the Commission for Privacy and Citizens' Rights. Apple argued to lawmakers that users could easily injure themselves trying to repair the device.
The lobbyist brought the iPhone and showed the inside of the device so that the individual components could be seen. He then shared that if careless disassembly, users could easily injure themselves by puncturing the lithium-ion battery.
Apple is actively fighting the law allowing repairs across the United States. If the legislation were to pass, companies would have to provide a list of tools, as well as publicly provide individual components necessary for repairs.
However, products from Cupertino are notorious for being often close to zero repairability. The well-known server iFixit regularly publishes manuals and instructions for individual repairs on its server. Unfortunately, Apple often tries to complicate everything by using excessive layers of glue or special screws.
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Cupertino thus occupies a dual position. On the one hand, it tries to focus on green energy as much as possible and power all its branches and data centers with renewable resources, on the other hand, it completely fails in terms of the lifetime of the products that are directly affected by the repairs.
For example, the last generation of MacBooks basically have everything soldered onto the motherboard. In case of failure of any component, for example Wi-Fi or RAM, the entire board must be replaced with a new piece. A frightening example is also the replacement of the keyboard, when the entire upper chassis is often changed.
However, Apple is not only fighting against user fixes, but also against all unauthorized services. They are able to carry out often minor repairs without the need for intervention in an authorized center, and Apple thus loses not only money, but the entire control over the life cycle of the device. And this already applies to us in the Czech Republic.
We will see how the situation will develop further.
Source: MacRumors
