Which means it’s bullshit.
Apple released a self repair storefront, soon afterwards comes legislation that perfectly mirrors the way they operate their program. AFAIK Apple is still free to keep people from using old parts off eBay and such.
Also you can’t stock parts from what I remember. You need to get the consumer first and only then you can order the parts when the official repair stores have their stock ready to make the 3rd part stores less attractive because of the slowness.
I wouldn’t call this uplifting. They’re doing so I’m bad faith as this almost entirely is focused on them.
They will find a way to make it as inconvenient and uneconomical as possible while publishing how environmentally conscious they are.
Judge them by their actions, not their words. https://youtu.be/r0Hwb5xvBn8
This is just PR. Apple fights something silently then when it’s apparent they will lose they go “We endorse this”… and braindead fans will go “see Apple invented right to repair”. Then the rest gets numb trying to explain to them how Apple just says thing and rarely does anything to benefit users but naah…
“We innovated USB-C into our phones because we listen to our customers.”
Exactly that. But no one asks a question “why at 2.0 speeds or why now and not 5 years ago”. Naaah, that requires mental gymnastics of a sparrow.
Wait, is that how you suppose to open these phones now? With some suction cups?
Yep, most phones these days come apart by using a heat gun to loosen up the adhesive, then you slice through the adhesive with a plastic blade, and then some strong suction cups to pull the screen/back off. Which means that you need to reapply the adhesive when you put it back together again.
It’s a colossal, time-consuming pain in the ass. Especially if you don’t know where the cables are that connect the screen to the board, as you can slice through them and be left with another part to replace.
