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> Counterfeit parts are an obvious and real problem - it’s good that it can be detected. Rossmann had a bunch of legitimate replacement parts confiscated in cu
by zamalek 5y ago
> Counterfeit parts are an obvious and real problem - it’s good that it can be detected.
Rossmann had a bunch of legitimate replacement parts confiscated in customs at the behest of Apple.
> [GP] “Right to repair” thinking applies well to things like tractors
It's incredibly strange that Apple is lobbying against right to repair, in that case.
- zepto 5y ago>> Counterfeit parts are an obvious and real problem - it’s good that it can be detected. > Rossmann had a bunch of legitimate replacement parts confiscated in customs at the behest of Apple. Do you have a link to this? >> [GP] “Right to repair” thinking applies well to things like tractors > It's incredibly strange that Apple is lobbying against right to repair, in that case. That makes no sense. Of course they would lobby against being subjected to legislation that is ill suited to their industry.
- zamalek 5y ago> Do you have a link to this? Yes. [1] New batteries, not old/swapped ones as you had suggested earlier. [1]: https://www.shacknews.com/article/108049/apple-repair-critic-louis-rossmann-takes-on-us-customs-counterfeit-battery-seizure https://www.shacknews.com/article/108049/apple-repair-critic...
- zepto 5y agoSo he somehow got genuine batteries from ‘China’ despite Apple not selling them? Seems like counterfeits. He doesn’t actually explain how they aren’t and mostly just attacks Apple for not supporting their old computers - a reasonable complaint, but obvious doesn’t have anything to do with whether these are counterfeit or not. Also he says ‘Apple and customs’ but presents no evidence of Apple’s involvement. Seems like a guy who bought a bunch of counterfeit batteries and is trying to blame Apple. The story doesn’t add up.