I see this as a shot at Apple, just like Apple made a shot at Google over tracking. Apple is much more dependent than Microsoft on hardware sales, particularly

I see this as a shot at Apple, just like Apple made a shot at Google over tracking. Apple is much more dependent than Microsoft on hardware sales, particularly tightly-integrated hardware, so they'd be burdened disproportionately by right-to-repair laws. Of course even if it comes from a cynical place it can still have a good impact.