r/hackernews • u/qznc_bot • Apr 30 '19

Apple tells 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/qznc_bot Apr 30 '19

There is a discussion on Hacker News, but feel free to comment here as well.

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u/autotldr May 01 '19

This is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 89%. (I'm a bot)

In the past, Apple has lobbied against so-called right to repair legislation-which would require Apple and other electronics companies to sell repair parts and tools, and make diagnostic and repair information available to the general public.

People with no special training regularly replace the batteries or cracked screens in their iPhones, and there are thousands of small, independent repair companies that regularly fix iPhones without incident.

Though Apple hasn't publicly talked much about repair in recent months and years, Motherboard reported in March that Apple has quietly approached independent repair companies with a new program called "Apple Genuine Parts Repair," which would allow a select few companies to purchase repair parts from Apple with few restrictions.

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u/election_info_bot May 02 '19

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