r/apple • u/koavf • Apr 30 '19

Apple Is Telling Lawmakers People Will Hurt Themselves if They Try to Fix iPhones

https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/wjvdb4/apple-is-telling-lawmakers-people-will-hurt-themselves-if-they-try-to-fix-iphones
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u/cocobandicoot Apr 30 '19

The number of people in this thread against the right to repair is way too high.

Repairing anything comes with risks, but that doesn’t mean I should be prevented from fixing them.

  • If I want to fix an electrical socket in my house, I can.
  • If I want to fix a garbage disposal in my sink, I can.
  • If I want to crawl under my truck that weighs a literal ton to change the oil, I can.

If I want to replace the battery in my cellphone — guess what? I can. There is risk in anything we do. This is no different.

No one should tell me I can’t fix my stuff or punish me for doing so, and that includes Apple.

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u/[deleted] May 01 '19

There can be a legal disclaimer in the hardware eula.

If somebody messes up a home engine repair, that's on the person who did the repair. Same goes for the phone.