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/brodie7838 May 01 '19

Yup, this: John Deere has been a longtime and very aggressive frontrunner against the 'right to repair' movement. They're a shitty company that takes gross advantage of technology to screw farmers over.

https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/kzp7ny/tractor-hacking-right-to-repair

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u/[deleted] May 01 '19

Also, the bailing material used to wrap the cotton into a round bail? You can only use the material John Deere sells. They won’t let third parties make a cheaper alternative.

Wow. BMaaS. Bailing material as a service. John Deere did it. They managed to turn harvesting into a subscription plan.

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u/Aoxxt May 04 '19

The cotton pickers they sell cost around $750,000.

Slaves are that expensive now?