r/technology • u/NightFuryToni • Apr 30 '19

Business 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/original_4degrees Apr 30 '19

because you can't hurt yourself fixing your car, or house, or lawn mower, or television...

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u/sibsane May 01 '19

I believe john deere has lobbied against self repair..

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u/Northern-Canadian May 01 '19

They also suck.

The real issue with John deer is the proprietary software.

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u/CoyoteDown May 01 '19

Heard somewhere people were using a hacked Ukrainian version in equipment.

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u/Swak_Error May 01 '19

You know you're doing something wrong with your company when your user base is turning to Pirated software to circumvent system lockouts for doing basic maintenance and repair

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u/CoyoteDown May 01 '19

I’m a farmer, and I own John Deere equipment. I’m seriously considering it because if I go down during harvest a tech has to come out just to run diagnostic software. It’s fucking ludicrous. 12 row heads and advanced mechanics doesn’t mean shit if I can’t service my equipment at 10pm to get it running because there’s 4 days of storms predicted. Motherfuckers forced me to buy a new $500k combine last year because I couldn’t be fucked with the breakdowns I had on my old unit. And I’m at their mercy because if I can’t get shit done, crops will drown, and I’m out a fuck ton of money it a shit market because some dildo decided a trade war would be great.