Posted: Mar 26, 2021 11:58 am
https://www.ifixit.com/News/45921/is-th ... ble-iphone
Ok reading this less abstruse article (right to repair people can be their own worst enemies) it seems that the iPhones are in fact repairable but only authorized people who have apple tools and software to do so. First, while it doesn’t make it right, Apple is by no means the only company with this practice– hello Tesla
https://www.vice.com/en/article/93wy8v/ ... sla-repair
There seems to be conflict even within Apple on this issue however, so it’s not necessarily the evil empire that is supposed here.
https://www.theverge.com/2020/7/30/2134 ... ion-policy
We’ll see how this pans out because I don’t think Apple is necessarily 100% against repairability or fully into planned obsolescence given that a lot of their tech still works well long after a lot of other tech company’s products are essentially bricks.
Steel-manning Apple, I can understand a reluctance for them to openly provide the means to reverse engineer their products. I also understand their position on possible issues with safety and security, a not unfounded concern given that certain phones were banned from airplanes for catching on fire. It’s not a good look and it’s bad for business, and bad for the brand.
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Ok reading this less abstruse article (right to repair people can be their own worst enemies) it seems that the iPhones are in fact repairable but only authorized people who have apple tools and software to do so. First, while it doesn’t make it right, Apple is by no means the only company with this practice– hello Tesla
https://www.vice.com/en/article/93wy8v/ ... sla-repair
There seems to be conflict even within Apple on this issue however, so it’s not necessarily the evil empire that is supposed here.
https://www.theverge.com/2020/7/30/2134 ... ion-policy
We’ll see how this pans out because I don’t think Apple is necessarily 100% against repairability or fully into planned obsolescence given that a lot of their tech still works well long after a lot of other tech company’s products are essentially bricks.
Steel-manning Apple, I can understand a reluctance for them to openly provide the means to reverse engineer their products. I also understand their position on possible issues with safety and security, a not unfounded concern given that certain phones were banned from airplanes for catching on fire. It’s not a good look and it’s bad for business, and bad for the brand.
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