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> Any maybe a public FTP site with product specs, schematics, BOMs and whatever else. So no trade secrets for Apple? Let’s destroy a successful business upon
by zepto 6y ago
> Any maybe a public FTP site with product specs, schematics, BOMs and whatever else.
So no trade secrets for Apple?
Let’s destroy a successful business upon whom millions depend for work, just to support a few small repair shops.
- specialist 6y agoYou'd ban tear downs, reverse engineering? What's the diff? Of Apple's numerous advantages, trade secrets isn't even top 10.
- zepto 6y agoNobody is talking about banning tear downs or reverse engineering. Forcing someone to release their documents is a whole other thing. Easy for you to say trade secrets are not an advantage for Apple. Perhaps you are just wrong.
- ab_testing 6y agoDell and Lenovo make their repair manuals available online for free . They are still thriving and selling pc’s . There are even dedicated 3rd party sites (Parts people and others) that sell the parts to their laptops.
- zepto 6y agoPCs are commodities, so what would you expect. Apple’s entire selling point is that their products are not commodities. Apple’s business is not like Dell’s or Lenovo’s. What you have shown is that there is no reason to force Apple to do anything because anyone who wants a PC that can be repaired by a street corner repairman, can buy a Dell or Lenovo.
- rasz 6y agoIts not really a secret if anyone can look inside a device and read part numbers.
- zepto 6y agoIf that is true then there is no need to force apple to do work anyone can do.
- rasz 6y agoIn case of Apple Right to Repair is mostly about making apple stop anticompetitive practices, not forcing them to "do work". For example we want apple to stop linking its part supply deals with no third party sale contracts.